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| Date: | Sunday 16 August 1987 |
| Time: | 18:20 LT |
| Type: |  Pitts S-1S |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N900K |
| MSN: | 1JM |
| Total airframe hrs: | 136 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Meade, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, WHILE DEPG TO THE SE, THE ENG SEIZED. ALL OF THE SURROUNDING TERRAIN CONSISTED OF PLOWED FIELDS, SO THE PLT TRIED TO GLIDE BACK TO THE ARPT; HOWEVER, HE HAD INSUFFICIENT SPEED & ALT TO GET ALIGNED WITH THE RWY. DRG THE LNDG, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SHOULDER OF THE RWY & WAS DAMAGED. AN EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED THE #3 ROD CAP & BOLTS HAD FAILED. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE ROD-TO-CRANKSHAFT BEARING HAD BEEN ROTATING IN THE ROD & HAD INITIATED THE FAILURE. THE ENG HAD 21 HRS OF FLT TIME SINCE IT HAD BEEN OVERHAULED.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC87LA162
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 July 2009 | N900K | Private | 0 | Großostheim |  |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 26-Mar-2024 16:38 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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