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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Child S1SPITTS · Grand Junction, CO · February 4, 1978

Date: February 4, 1978 · 10:00 local
Place: Grand Junction, CO
Airport: Walker
Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N30JP
Reported as: Child S1SPITTS
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 800 total140 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N30JPRegistered now · Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1SS/N 1-0052 · Built 1977 Airframe modelAerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S Engine modelLycoming AEIO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot allowed tail to come up during engine run-up. Prop was damaged.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ALLOWED TAIL TO COME UP DURING ENGINE RUN-UP. PROP WAS DAMAGED.