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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Child S1PITTS · Denver, CO · February 25, 1995

Date: February 25, 1995 · 12:04 local
Place: Denver, CO
Airport: Centennial Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N11F
Reported as: Child S1PITTS
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total80 in this make and model8 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.

Narrative: on February 25, 1995, at approximately 1204 MST, N11F, a pitts-S1-B, landed on runway 17L at apa. Upon touchdown, the main landing gear collapsed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the pilot was unharmed. No passengers were on board. The pilot was on a local flight and no flight plan had been filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. Upon further investigation it was noted that the cross tube supporting the main landing gear struts had failed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 25, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1204 MST, N11F, A PITTS-S1-B, LANDED ON RUNWAY 17L AT APA. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNHARMED. NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD. THE PILOT WAS ON A LOCAL FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CROSS TUBE SUPPORTING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS HAD FAILED.