Pitts S1C N7422

26 October 1974 · Erie, North Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 October 1974 at about 14:00 local time, a Pitts S1C registered N7422 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Erie, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 October 1974 at 14:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Erie, North Dakota, United States
Nearest airport: Schroeder Strip
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Pitts S1C
Registration: N7422
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3640

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BRAKE FLUID LOST FM TOPS OF MASTER CYL DRG ACROBATIC FLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3640, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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