# Incident 19960408011309I: Child S2APITTS, Fayetteville, NC, April 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1996, 18:30 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Airport: Fayetteville Regional/Grannis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9912° N, 78.8803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAYETTEVILLE RGNL/GRANNIS FLD (FAY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9912&lon=-78.8803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60LG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60LG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS S-2A (registry code 0110201, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2APITTS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960408011309I

## Narrative

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

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 19790720017029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790720017029A), Jul 20, 1979: Ayres S2A (N60LG), Ottawa, KS, Substantial damage. Struck runway light during landing roll with lower wing. Vision obscured by nose of acft.

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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