# Incident 19860222012229I: Child S1SPITTS, Wichita Falls, TX, February 22, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1986, 15:30 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Kickapoo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9137° N, 98.4934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita Falls, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9137&lon=-98.4934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49294, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49294-2019-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S (registry code 0110301, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-special-s-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S1SPITTS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 350 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860222012229I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STRUCK A MOBIL HELICOPTER PAD WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF.

## Other reports on N49294 (1)

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

- [Accident 20141227023042A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141227023042A), Dec 27, 2014: Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S (N49294), Westminster, MD, Destroyed. Piper cherokee, N95297 was inbound runway 16 approx 100FT MSL. The pitts, N49294 struck the left side pilots compartment roof area, the right main landing gear…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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