- Date
- September 15, 1981
- Place
- Troutdale, OR · TROUTDALE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N21HBPitts S-1C
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810915060009A
- Case key
- 123451
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2692 81/9/15 TROUTDALE,OR PITTS S-1C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 2013 TIME - 0715 N21HB PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTLAND-TROUTDAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TROUTDALE,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21HB
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Portland-Troutdal
N21HBRegistration cancelled Feb 7, 2013 · Blackman-Pitts Special S-1CAirframe modelBlackman-Pitts Special S-1CEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.