# Incident 19990318018569I: Amtr PITTSSPECS1C, Porterville, CA, March 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1999, 12:30 local time
- Place: Porterville, CA
- Airport: Porterville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0296° N, 119.0627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTERVILLE MUNI (PTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0296&lon=-119.0627&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83811, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83811-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Morgan PITTS SPECIAL S-1C (registry code 7221159, https://openairdocs.org/model/morgan-pitts-special-s-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSSPECS1C
- Reported engine: LYC O290C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 471 total, 60 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990318018569I

## Narrative

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

(-5)HAS HAD TROUBLE WITH THE ENGINE IDLING ROUGH AT LOW POWER SETTINGS ONCE THE ENGINE WAS WARMED UP. HAD MADE 3 PRIOR ATTEMPTS TO LAND AT A HIGHER POWER SETTING WHERE THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY, BUT PLANE WOULDN'T DESCEND THROUGH GROUND EFFECT. ON THE FINAL ATTEMPT, HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE FARTHER, EXPERIENCED A VERY LOW IDLE AND COULD NOT ARREST THE RESULTING RAPID RATE OF DESCENT. A GROUND LOOP ENSUED AFTER A HARD LANDING. THE LANDING GEAR BUNGEES BROKE, THE PROP WAS SPLINTERED AND UNDERSIDE OF LOWER WING WAS SCRAPED.

## Other reports on N83811 (2)

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

- [Incident 19901005048269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901005048269I), Oct 5, 1990: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1C (N83811), Porterville, CA, Minor damage. Engine failed in traffic pattern. Landed on runway and ground looped. Right gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19810328019709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810328019709I), Mar 28, 1981: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 (N83811), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. During rollout landing gear bungee shock cords broke. Gear collapsed.

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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