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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Child S1SPITTS · Mt Pleasant, PA · August 1, 1993

Date: August 1, 1993 · 19:39 local
Place: Mt Pleasant, PA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N131RH
Reported as: Child S1SPITTS
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A3A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,800 total46 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N131RHRegistration cancelled Mar 15, 2002 · Smith Dennis M PITTS S1SS/N DMS-1 · Built 1993 Airframe modelSmith Dennis M PITTS S1S Engine modelLycoming O&VO-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.

Engine quit. Unable to restart. Forced landing in field. Fuel starvation. Fuel pickup tube not low enough in tank.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT. UNABLE TO RESTART. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD. FUEL STARVATION. FUEL PICKUP TUBE NOT LOW ENOUGH IN TANK.