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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Child S1SPITTS · Venice, FL · April 1, 1988

Date
April 1, 1988 · 11:15 local
Place
Venice, FL
Airport
Venice Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5058
Reported as
Child S1SPITTS
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total1 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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.

Tail wheel springs came off on the landing roll. Aircraft veered off runway, damaged wing tip and nosed up.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL WHEEL SPRINGS CAME OFF ON THE LANDING ROLL. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY, DAMAGED WING TIP AND NOSED UP.