Clarks Pitt Special S1S N2050
10 September 1983 · Manvel, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 10 September 1983 at about 21:00 local time, a Clarks Pitt Special S1S registered N2050 was involved in an accident near Manvel, Texas, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Manvel, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Wolfe (3TA1)
- Coordinates
- 29.4802, -95.3499
- Aircraft
- Clarks Pitt Special S1S
- Registration
- N2050
- 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
- FTW83LA444
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 ACFT BUFFETTED ABNORMALLY DURING AN AEROBATIC MANEUVER SO THE PLT RELAXED THE 'G' LOADING ON THE AIRFRAME. THE PLT NOTED A CONCAVE DEFORMITY IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT UPPER WING. LEVEL FLT WAS ACHIEVED TO TEST THE FLT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ACFT. FLT CONTROL SEEMED 'NEARLY NORMAL' SO A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. POST LANDING INVESTIGATION REVEALED SIX BROKEN RIBS IN THE LEFT UPPER WING.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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