WAUKEGAN, IL, USA
N80016
AEROTEK PITTS S-2A
WHILE ON A LOCAL FLT, THE ACFT CRASHED IN LAKE MICHIGAN ABOUT 1/2 MI FROM THE SHORELINE. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, IT WAS FLYING OVER THE WATER AT ABOUT 100 FT, THEN PULLED ALMOST STRAIGHT UP TO ABOUT 300 FT ABOVE THE WATER, NOSED OVER & WENT ALMOST STRAIGHT NOSE DOWN UNTIL WATER IMPACT. LATER, THE ACFT WAS RECOVERED & EXAMINED, BUT NO PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE BENT OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION, THE SPARK PLUGS WERE CLEAN & FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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