# Accident 20000526043549A: Aviat PITTSS2A, Hammonton, NJ, May 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2000, 09:00 local time
- Place: Hammonton, NJ
- Airport: Hammonton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6675° N, 74.7577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAMMONTON MUNI (N81), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6675&lon=-74.7577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16FJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16FJ-2008-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS S-2A (registry code 0110201, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT PITTSS2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,710 total, 37 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526043549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 26, 2000, AT ABOUT 09:00 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AVIAT PITTS S-2A WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT THE HAMMONTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HAMMONTON, NJ. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND A PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED THE CROSS KEYS AIRPORT, CROSS KEYS, NJ. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR, PART 91. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 21, A 3,600 FT. LONG, 75 FOOT WIDE, ASPHALT RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRPLANE VEERED LEFT DURING THE LANDING ROLL AND HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT; HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT STATED HE EXPERIENCED NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE. WINDS REPORTED AT AN AIRPORT ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, AT 0854, WERE FROM 290 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS.

## 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 NYC00LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA145), May 26, 2000: Aerotek Pitts S-2A (N16FJ), Hammonton, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor in this accident was the crosswind condition.

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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