# Incident 19960601017549I: Child S2BPITTS, Marietta, PA, June 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1996, 16:00 local time
- Place: Marietta, PA
- Airport: Donegal Springs Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0570° N, 76.5517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marietta, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0570&lon=-76.5517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6081Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6081Z-2019-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat PITTS S-2B (registry code 2210308, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-pitts-s-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2BPITTS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 90 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/19960601017549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 27 AT DONEGAL SPRINGS AIRPARK, MOUNT JOY, PA AT1530 HOURS FOR A LOCAL VFR FLIGHT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 WITH A CROSSWIND OF 15 KNOTS AND LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GO-AROUND. ANOTHER APPROACH WAS CONDUCTED WITH NO INCIDENT. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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