Dodd PITTS S1S N11D

Summary

On 1 March 1983 at about 17:40 local time, a Dodd PITTS S1S registered N11D was involved in an accident near Harvard, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 March 1983 at 17:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Harvard, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Dodd PITTS S1S

Registration

N11D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wonder Lake → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83FA125

1 person died.

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 CRASHED INTO AN OPEN FIELD LEAVING NO GROUND SCARS OTHER THAN THE PRINCIPAL IMPACT. ONE WITNESS SAW THE ACFT STALL AT THE TOP OF A LOOP AND GO INTO A SPIN (TAIL-DOWN). HE STATED THE ACFT ROTATED 6-8 TIMES PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. THE ACFT OWNER STATED THAT 'IF THE PLANE GOES INTO A VERY FLAT SPIN INVERTED, THE ONLY WAY OUT IS TOCUT THE POWER.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.