Pitts S-1S N117Q

21 March 1980 · Midland, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 March 1980 at about 17:30 local time, a Pitts S-1S registered N117Q was involved in an accident during in flight near Midland, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 March 1980 at 17:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Midland, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: Midland Airpark
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Pitts S-1S
Registration: N117Q
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0664

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

ENG QUIT AT TOP OF LOOP. MISC-FUEL STARVATION FOR UNDETERMINED REASON

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 3-0664, 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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