Pitts S-2A N80040

Summary

On 24 May 1984 at about 21:00 local time, a Pitts S-2A registered N80040 was involved in an accident near Boulder, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 May 1984 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Boulder Muni (IV5)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Pitts S-2A

Registration

N80040

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84LA158

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED IN A HIGH, POWER-ON APCH. ACCORDING TO A PROFESSIONAL PLT, WHO WAS A WITNESS, THE ACFT APPEARED ASIF IT WOULD LAND LONG. HE REPORTED THAT POWER WAS REDUCED AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL & THE ACFT STALLED, THEN IT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED HIGH & CONTINUED TO PROPOISE A NUMBER OF TIMES. AFTER ABOUT THE 6TH BOUNCE, THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THE ACFT LIFTED OFF NEAR THE END OF THE RWY, BUT THE PLANE HAD INSUFFICIENT THRUST TO ATTAIN ALT. THE PLT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A DIRT FIELD ABOUT 3/4 MI FROM THE ARPT. THE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING IMPACT & THE PROP WAS SPINNING. ABOUT 10 PROP STRIKES WERE FOUND ON THE RWY BEGINNING ABOUT 1300 FT FROM THE APCH END. THE PROP WAS CURLED BACK & 1 BLADE TIP WAS GOUND DOWN ABOUT 1 INCH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.