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| Date: | Saturday 17 July 2004 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Pitts S-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N177J |
| MSN: | JR-1 |
| Engine model: | Continental C-90 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport, Durham, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wilson, NC (W03) |
| Durham, NC (8NC8) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to a witness the airplane was observed landing on runway 32. During the touchdown phase of the landing, the airplane bounced two times, followed by the pilot executing a go-around. According to the witness the airplane flew a very tight pattern circling to land again on runway 32. During the next approach to land the airplane was observed entering a "hard slip" to the left then nosed up as it was recovering from the slip, then entered a spin and collided with the ground at a slightly nose down attitude. The post accident examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical malfunction or component failure.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040727X01076&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 December 1999 | N177J | Private | 0 | Near Creedmoor, NC | |
sub |
| Fuel starvation | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Jun-2013 14:14 | JINX | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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