- Date
- January 19, 1977
- Place
- Davenport, CA · DAVENPORT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2259CPitts Spec S1C
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770119002829A
- Case key
- 157006
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0164 77/1/19 DAVENPORT,CA PITTS SPEC S1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1662 TIME - 1630 N2259C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG CREEK LUMBER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA DAVENPORT,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- AVOIDING CLIFF AT END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2259C
- Reported as
- Pitts Spec S1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Creek Lumber
N2259CRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 1977 · Lares/Conterno PITTS S-1CAirframe modelLares/Conterno PITTS S-1C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2259C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.