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Incident

FAA incident report · Amtrpt Pittsspecial · Melbourne, FL · February 2, 1980

Date: February 2, 1980 · 08:51 local
Place: Melbourne, FL
Airport: Regional
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N3HD
Reported as: Amtrpt Pittsspecial
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total10 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3HDRegistration cancelled Jan 28, 1999 · Darley PITTS SPECIAL S-1CS/N 4085HD Airframe modelDarley PITTS SPECIAL S-1C

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 was propping plane after engine had stopped on taxiway. Severe head injury resulted.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PROPPING PLANE AFTER ENGINE HAD STOPPED ON TAXIWAY. SEVERE HEAD INJURY RESULTED.

Other reports on N3HD · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19800213021179IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Macon, GAPilot stated on landing he felt a shudder in tail wheel & then lost directional control. Ground-looped.Feb 13, 1980 · Reported as Amtrpt PITTSPECS1C · Minor damage