Pitts S-1D N255NK

Summary

On 2 November 1986 at about 22:00 local time, a Pitts S-1D registered N255NK was involved in an accident near Shelby, Montana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 November 1986 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Shelby, Montana, United States

Coordinates

48.5095, -111.7296

Aircraft

Pitts S-1D

Registration

N255NK

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87LA013

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 PLT TOOK OFF WITH LITTLE OR NO WARMUP, PUSHED THE ACFT TO MAX PERFORMANCE AT 10 FT, PERFORMED A MAX PERFORMANCE CLIMB TO 300 TO 400 FT AND REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE. AS THE ACFT REACHED STALL SPEED, THE PLT DIVED AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING THE ATTEMPTED LEVEL OFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.