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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 · Lompoc, CA · March 5, 1996

Date: March 5, 1996 · 11:30 local
Place: Lompoc, CA
Airport: Lompoc Airport
Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N24KC
Reported as: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total

N24KCRegistration cancelled May 20, 1997 · Harrington-Pitts Special S-1S/N 262 Airframe modelHarrington-Pitts Special S-1

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: privacy data omitted Mr. Mulligan was doing a ground run to full power from the outside of the aircraft with the tail chained and wheels chocked. The chain separated, the aircraft accelerated flipped Mr. Mulligan, crossed the ramp and taxiway coming to rest infield of the runway. Aircraft was totally damaged. Mr. Mulligan suffered minor injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MR. MULLIGAN WAS DOING A GROUND RUN TO FULL POWER FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE TAIL CHAINED AND WHEELS CHOCKED. THE CHAIN SEPARATED, THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED FLIPPED MR. MULLIGAN, CROSSED THE RAMP AND TAXIWAY COMING TO REST INFIELD OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DAMAGED. MR. MULLIGAN SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.