- Date
- November 22, 1969
- Place
- Vernalis, CA · VERNALIS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2259CPitts Spcl S-L-C
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150320
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4394 69/11/22 VERNALIS,CALIF PITTS SPCL S-L-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 527 TIME - 1600 N2259C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW JERUSALEM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERNALIS,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLTS 1ST LDG ATTEMPT IN THIS ACFT. HIT IRRIGATION DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2259C
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl S-L-C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Jerusalem
N2259CRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 1977 · Lares/Conterno PITTS S-1CAirframe modelLares/Conterno PITTS S-1C
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.
Other investigations on N2259C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.