# Incident 19980826022139I: Aviat PITTS S-2B, Chandler, AZ, August 26, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1998, 08:30 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N161JH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N161JH) (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)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,522 total, 840 in this make and model, 231 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980826022139I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LINED UP FOR LANDING, TOUCHED DOWN, A/C STATED LEFT TURN. INSTRUCTOR APPLIED RT RUDDER. LT GEAR/WHEEL LOCKED UP AND A/C DEPARTED RUNWAY. HET DIRT DITCH, COLLAPSED RT MLG. PROP STRIKE AND RT WING TIP DRUG IN DIRT. SWITCHES/FUEL OFF. PILOT & STUDENT EVUACTED A/C.

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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