# Accident 20000604040099A: Amtr PITTSSPECIAL, Meriden, CT, June 4, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2000, 08:20 local time
- Place: Meriden, CT
- Airport: Meriden Markham Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5087° N, 72.8295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERIDEN MARKHAM MUNI (MMK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5087&lon=-72.8295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Meadows Denny PITTS SPECIAL (registry code 7220521, https://openairdocs.org/model/meadows-denny-pitts-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSSPECIAL
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 853 total, 29 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000604040099A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON JUNE 4, 2000, AT 0820 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A HOMEBUILT PITTS SPECIAL S-1, N63DM, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A LANDING AT MERIDIAN MARKHAM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MMK), MERIDIAN, CONNECTICUT. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT, BETWEEN DANBURY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DXR), DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, AND MERIDIAN. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY 18. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE TAILWHEEL-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE APPEARED TO BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, SO THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER. THE AIRPLANE THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT, SO THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT, SO THE PILOT APPLIED, AND THEN LOCKED, THE BRAKES. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ITS NOSE, AND ONTO ITS BACK. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THE AIRSPEED OF THE AIRPLANE TO BE AT 30 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. WINDS, RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT 24 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, WERE CALM. (-23) PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 18 WITH CALM WINDS. HE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND OVE                                    RCORRECTED TO THE RIGHT. HE THEN APPLIED HEAVY BRAKES AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AS IT PITCHED ONTO ITS NOSE AND THEN FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK.

## 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 NYC00LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA151), Jun 4, 2000: Meadows Pitts Special S-1 (N63DM), Meriden, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control of the airplane during the landing roll, due to his locking of the brakes.

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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