# Accident 19990731010289A: Child S2APITTS, Pittstown, NJ, July 31, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1999, 13:00 local time
- Place: Pittstown, NJ
- Airport: Alexandria Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5876° N, 75.0194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALEXANDRIA (N85), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5876&lon=-75.0194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6PS-2008-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pitts S-2A (registry code 7220401, https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-s-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2APITTS
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO360A1E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 403 total, 51 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990731010289A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED HARD, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE LEFT WING WAS SHEARED OFF. (.19) ON JULY 31, 1999, ABOUT 1300 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PITTS S-2A, N6PS, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT THE ALEXANDRIA AIRPORT (N85), PITTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT, AND THE PILOT PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT THE AEROFLEX-ANDOVER AIRPORT (12N), ANDOVER, NEW JERSEY, CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT STATED THAT FOLLOWING AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT FROM 12N, SHE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT N85.  ALL NECESSARY PRE-LANDING CHECKS WERE COMPLETED, AND A NORMAL APPROACH WAS PERFORMED TO RUNWAY 26, A 2,550 FOOT LONG ASPHALT RUNWAY.  A CHECK OF THE WINDSOCK INDICATED A LIGHT CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT. AS THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, IT ENCOUNTERED SINK, AND POWER WAS ADDED TO COMPENSATE.  THE AIRPLANE THEN IMPACTED A BUSH, LOCATED ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, TOUCHED DOWN HARD, AND SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO GRASS.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT, NOSE DOWN. THE WEATHER REPORTE D AT AN AIRPORT, LOCATED ABOUT 16 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST, AT 1251 WAS; WINDS VARIABLE AT 3 KNOTS, AND A TEMPERATURE OF 91 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. (.4) A NORMAL APPROACH WAS PERFORMED TO RUNWAY 26. A CHECK OF THE WINDSOCK INDICATED A LIGHT CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT.  AS THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, IT ENCOUNTERED SINK, AND POWER WAS ADDED TO COMPENSATE.  THE AIRPLANE THEN IMPACTED A BUSH, LOCATED ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, TOUCHED DOWN HARD, AND SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO GRASS. (-23) KAREN BULLUCK, PRIVATE PILOT #149427142, WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26 AT ALEXANDRIA AIRPORT WHEN THE AIRPLANE, N6PX, CONTACTED THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT AND THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE LEFT WINGS WERE SHEARED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC99LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA186), Jul 31, 1999: Pitts S-2A (N6PS), Pittstown, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point.

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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