# Incident 19950420011449I: Child S1PITTS, Butte, MT, April 20, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1995, 15:55 local time
- Place: Butte, MT
- Airport: Bert Mooney
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9548° N, 112.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BERT MOONEY (BTM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9548&lon=-112.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5952, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5952) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pitts-Thomas PITTS SPECIAL (registry code 722024B, https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-thomas-pitts-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S1PITTS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950420011449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 20, 1995, A PITTS, PIS-1, OWNED AND OPERATED BY ROBERT HIGBEE WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT, LANDED AT BUTTE, MT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITION PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER AND NO INJURIES RESULTED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE; AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND, INSTRUMENT RATING AND COMMERCIAL PRIVILEGES, GLIDER. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MISSOULA, MT ON MARCH 20, 1995 AT ABOUT 1430 MOUNTAIN TIME. INSPECTION OF THE WHEELS AND BRAKES BY A CERTIFICATED AIRCRAFT MECHANIC REVEALED THE WHEEL PANTS AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES WERE FULL OF MUD AND DIRT. THE BRAKES HAD TO BE PRIED APART FOR INSPECTION. THIS INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ARE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N5952 (1)

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

- [Incident 20221003023069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221003023069I), Oct 3, 2022: Pitts-Thomas PITTS SPECIAL (N5952), Mount Vernon, WA, Minor damage. On OCT0BER 3, 2022, 1630 local, at Skagit Regional Airport (kbvs) pilot landed (+/-30) feet short of runway 29, lost control of aircraft, went onto adjacent…

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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