- Date
- April 18, 1993, 15:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Halifax, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N200STPitts S1T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930418009459A
- Case key
- 37311
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Probable cause
Detachment of the throttle cable at the fuel injector arm. Soft terrain in the emergency landing area was a related factor.
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, during aerobatic maneuvers, the engine lost power and he could not maintain altitude. He elected to make a forced landing in a sod field and the airplane nosed over during the ground roll when the main gear sank into the soft ground. Examination of the throttle clevis terminal revealed that it had disconnected from the injector arm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200ST
- Reported as
- Pitts S1T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1005
- Airframe hours
- 798
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-A1E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James Thompson
- Registered owner
- James Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special); Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1992 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- PYM
- Destination
- PYM
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total · 37 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.