Merchant PITTS S-1S N76EM

Summary

On 31 October 1987 at about 15:50 local time, a Merchant PITTS S-1S registered N76EM was involved in an accident near Vinton, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 October 1987 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Vinton, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

42.1610, -92.0196

Aircraft

Merchant PITTS S-1S

Registration

N76EM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC88FA012

1 person was seriously 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 WAS RPRTD TO BE ON A MAINT FERRY FLT TO ANOTHER STATE. HE RPRTD THAT BEFORE THE FLT, HE TOPPED OFF THE FUEL TANK & THAT THE PREFLT, TAKEOFF & DEPARTURE WERE NORMAL. DUE TO LOW CLOUDS, HE LEVELED OFF AT APRX 2000' AGL. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ENG RPM BEGAN TO GRADUALLY DECREASE UNTIL THE ENG STOPPED RUNNING. AN EMERG LANDING WAS MADE IN AN OPEN FIELD, BUT THE ACFT NOSED OVER & WAS DMGD. DURING AN EXAM OF THE ACFT FUEL SYS, DIRTY RESIDUE WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL FILTER BOWL & DEBRIS WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL FILTER ELEMENT & FUEL INJECTOR CONTROL VALVE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.