# NTSB SEA93LA115: Larkin Pitts Special, N100Q, Nampa, ID, May 19, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 19, 1993, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Nampa, ID
- Coordinates: 43.59975, -116.61013 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5998&lon=-116.6101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 19, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 43028
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA93LA115
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/43028/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA115

## Probable cause

THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING GROUND ROLL.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED OFF THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING GROUND ROLL, GROUND LOOPED AND IMPACTED TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N100Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100Q), registered now, S/N KL-2, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LARKIN PITTS SPECIAL (PITTS SPEC)
- Registry model: [Larkin PITTS SPECIAL](https://openairdocs.org/model/larkin-pitts-special) (registry code 72202Z9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: KL-2
- Airframe hours: 647
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-C2B 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mcculloch, Chris P.
- Registered owner: Mcculloch, Chris P.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 12, 1993, 33 hours before
- Departed: PSC, PASCO, WA
- Airport: S67, Nampa Municipal, runway 11, 4,050 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 7,785 total, 200 in this make and model, 7,026 as pilot in command, 300 in the last 90 days, 100 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: U35, 6 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930519014569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930519014569A), May 19, 1993: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL, Nampa, ID, Substantial damage. Acrobatics in pattern after low pass. Steep side slip landing. Lost control on landing and ground looped.

## Other investigations on N100Q (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX78FUQ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUQ39), Jul 30, 1978: Pitts S-1S (N100Q), Santa Paula, CA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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