# Incident 19971004046679I: Aviat PITTSS2B, Temple, TX, October 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1997, 16:40 local time
- Place: Temple, TX
- Airport: Draughon-Miller Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0982° N, 97.3428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Temple, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0982&lon=-97.3428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53385, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53385-2006-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Christen Industries PITTS S-2B (registry code 2210006, https://openairdocs.org/model/christen-industries-pitts-s-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT PITTSS2B
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 250 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971004046679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LOST CONTROL WHILE LANDING AND GROUND LOOPED RESULTING IN GEAR COLLAPSE AND WING DAMAGE. PILOT STATED IN WRITTEN STATEMENT "IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAD LANDED A PITTS FROM THE FRONT SEAT" AND DURING LANDING ROLL LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL AND THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N53385 (1)

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

- [Accident 19920313006229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920313006229A), Mar 13, 1992: Child S2BPITTS (N53385), Schellsburg, PA, Destroyed. Oil on windshield and belly. Lost oil pressure. Crash landed. Oil breather line ice blocked. Blew crankshaft seal.

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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