# Incident 19980930040949I: Aviat PITTSS1S, Jackson, CA, September 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1998, 07:45 local time
- Place: Jackson, CA
- Airport: Westover Field Amador County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3768° N, 120.7939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTOVER FLD AMADOR COUNTY (JAQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3768&lon=-120.7939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rimmer-Davis PITTS S1-C (registry code 7220221, https://openairdocs.org/model/rimmer-davis-pitts-s1-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT PITTSS1S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 708 total, 387 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980930040949I

## Narrative

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

(-5)AS THE AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT WAS ROLLING OUT ON RUNWAY 19 AT WESTOVER AIRPORT, JACKSON, CA.. A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CAUSED IT TO ROTATE 270 DEGREE'S (GROUND LOOP).  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT GEAR.

## Other reports on N711Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20020421016039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020421016039I), Apr 21, 2002: Amtr S1C (N711Q), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On 04-21-02 at approximately 1746 hours local PDT. Mr. James allen shoenberger, an ATP rated pilot, was acting as pilot in command of a pitts aircraft,…

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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