Shade Tree Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
Sunday, December 14, 1986 16:00 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WITH A LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND AT THE HALFWAY POINT ON THE 2700 FT RWY. THE ACFT RAN OFF OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY AND THE PLT REGAINED CONTROL GETTING THE ACFT BACK ONTO THE RWY. THE ACFT THEN OVERRAN THE END OF THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH TWO FENCES.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/14/1986
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1600
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City GULFPORT
Event State MISSISSIPPI
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 39501
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport SHADE TREE AIRPORT
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 82
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 28
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1547 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 135
Weather Observation Facility ID GPT
Elevation of weather observation facility 28
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 8
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 20000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 6000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 14
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 12
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 70
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 0
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1656
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Dec 14 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1825
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32082
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N117CL
NTSB Number MIA87LA049
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Christen Industries
Aircraft Model PITTS S-2B
Aircraft Series Identifier PITTS S-2B
Aircraft Serial Number 5061
Certified Max Gross Weight 2400
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection May 1 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 50
Airframe Hours 120
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name W. G. BERRY
Aircraft Owner Street Address RT. 3 BOX 603A
Aircraft Owner City LYMAN
Aircraft Owner State MS
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 39503
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code SPB
Departure City NEW ORLEANS
Departure State LA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1530
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 2700
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --