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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Child S2APITTS · Fayetteville, NC · April 8, 1996

Date: April 8, 1996 · 18:30 local
Place: Fayetteville, NC
Airport: Fayetteville Regional/Grannis
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N60LG
Reported as: Child S2APITTS
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total

N60LGRegistered now · Aerotek PITTS S-2AS/N 2169 · Built 1978 Airframe modelAerotek PITTS S-2A Engine modelLycoming AEIO-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.

Narrative: during a routine landing at a private airstrip near parkton, n.c., Mr. Boyd who was piloting the plane struck a runway landing light with the right wing. Damage incurred to the right wing consisted of the leading edge of the wings sustaining a large dent in the rib, with tears in the fabric covering, also the trailing edge approximately 4 ft., from the fuselage sustained deep cuts and tears from the contact with the landing light. A portion of the wing trailing edge was torn away rendering a large hole. No other damage noted.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING A ROUTINE LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR PARKTON, N.C., MR. BOYD WHO WAS PILOTING THE PLANE STRUCK A RUNWAY LANDING LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT WING. DAMAGE INCURRED TO THE RIGHT WING CONSISTED OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WINGS SUSTAINING A LARGE DENT IN THE RIB, WITH TEARS IN THE FABRIC COVERING, ALSO THE TRAILING EDGE APPROXIMATELY 4 FT., FROM THE FUSELAGE SUSTAINED DEEP CUTS AND TEARS FROM THE CONTACT WITH THE LANDING LIGHT. A PORTION OF THE WING TRAILING EDGE WAS TORN AWAY RENDERING A LARGE HOLE. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED.

Other reports on N60LG · 1

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

Accident 19790720017029ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Ottawa, KSStruck runway light during landing roll with lower wing. Vision obscured by nose of acft.Jul 20, 1979 · Substantial damage