- Date
- June 28, 1992, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hornell, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8025Pitts S1S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920628021989A
- Case key
- 37183
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Probable cause
The misjudged landing by the pilot and his subsequent improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot said, 'the air[plane touched down and bounced. It seemed to oscillate between the tailwheel and the main gear....it started to veer to the left of the runway....I applied full throttle...to go around.' The airplane did not become airborne and 'tumbled' on the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8025
- Reported as
- Pitts S1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 10018
- Airframe hours
- 1,189
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David R. Bell
- Registered owner
- David R. Bell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 2, 1992 · 102 hours before
- Departed
- 4G6
- Airport
- 4G6 · Hornell Municipal, runway 35, 3,400 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 299 total · 19 in this make and model · 241 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.