Event NYC92LA131

1992-06-28 HORNELL, New York, United States Airport · 4G6 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8025

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AEROTEK PITTS SPECIAL S-1S

Year of manufacture

1974 · 18 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790221

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAEC52

Registrant of record

BUERGEL SANDRA J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8025 Pitts S1S None

Probable cause & findings

THE MISJUDGED LANDING BY THE PILOT AND HIS SUBSEQUENT IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRPLANE CONTROL.

Factual narrative

THE PILOT SAID, 'THE AIR[PLANE TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED. IT SEEMED TO OSCILLATE BETWEEN THE TAILWHEEL AND THE MAIN GEAR....IT STARTED TO VEER TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY....I APPLIED FULL THROTTLE...TO GO AROUND.' THE AIRPLANE DID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE AND 'TUMBLED' ON THE GROUND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1992_NYC92LA131.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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