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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ayres S2A · Thermal, CA · May 31, 1996

Date: May 31, 1996 · 12:00 local
Place: Thermal, CA
Airport: Thermal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N45CB
Reported as: Ayres S2A
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 900 total4 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days

N45CBRegistered now · Aerotek PITTS S-2AS/N 2155 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: monty bruckman, PIC, was performing touch and goes, on downwind to runway 17, noticed three dust devils. Chp #61 was behind pitts and witnessed dust devils. Bruckman went around, landed okay on next attempt. During roll out, left main gear came off the ground, the aircraft rolled into soft dirt, the nose stuck in dirt, aircraft nosed over and landed upside down. No injuries. This incident is closed. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MONTY BRUCKMAN, PIC, WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES, ON DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 17, NOTICED THREE DUST DEVILS. CHP #61 WAS BEHIND PITTS AND WITNESSED DUST DEVILS. BRUCKMAN WENT AROUND, LANDED OKAY ON NEXT ATTEMPT. DURING ROLL OUT, LEFT MAIN GEAR CAME OFF THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO SOFT DIRT, THE NOSE STUCK IN DIRT, AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^