Bastian PITTS S1S N56AB
22 August 1984 · Tucson, Arizona, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 August 1984 at about 20:30 local time, a Bastian PITTS S1S registered N56AB, operated by Amos E Buettell, was involved in an accident near Tucson, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Nearest airport
- Aura Valley
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bastian PITTS S1S
- Registration
- N56AB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Amos E Buettell
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Tucson → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX84LA450
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
THE PLT STATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT HE WAS FLYING INVERTED WHEN HE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE. SEVERAL IN FLIGHT RESTART ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE PILOT INITIATED A FORCED LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD. WHILE ON FINAL APCH TO THE DIRT ROAD, A PICK UP TRUCK ENTERED ONTO THE ROAD WHICH FORCED THE PILOT TO LAND IN THE ROUGH DESERT ENVIRONMENT ADJACENT TO THE ROAD. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT STRUCK THE TOP OF A DITCH.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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