- Date
- May 11, 1976
- Place
- Angels Camp, CA · ANGELS CAMP, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4WAPitts Spcl S-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760511012689A
- Case key
- 153853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1163 76/5/11 ANGELS CAMP,CA PITTS SPCL S-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1330 N4WA PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 54, 28500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FROGTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANGELS CAMP,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WRONG TYPE FUEL TANK FLOP TUBE INSTALLED. ENG QUIT DRG HAMMERHEAD STALL. UN RESTART,LND IN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4WA
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl S-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Frogtown
N4WARegistration cancelled Aug 26, 2015 · Ament PITTS SPECIALAirframe modelAment PITTS SPECIALEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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