# Incident 20000905029169I: Child S1SPITTS, Decatur, IL, September 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2000, 11:02 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8346&lon=-88.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N225SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N225SC-2010-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pitts/Campbell S A S1S PITTS CAMPBELL (registry code 7220201, https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-campbell-s-a-s1s-pitts-campbell) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S1SPITTS
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 190 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000905029169I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PN 9/5/00 AT 1102 CDT A AMATEUR BUILT PITTS AIRCRAFT BEING OPERATED BY OWNER, AN PROPERLY CERTIFICATED PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS TAXING OUT FROM THE TIE-DOWN AREA WHEN IT STRUCK THE RIGHT WING OF A PARKED AND TIE DOWN, LUSCOMBE 8-F AIRCRAFT. THE PITTS RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE COWLING.  THE LUSCOMBE SUFFERED SUBSTAINTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT AILERON, AND RIGHT FLAP.  THIS INSPECTOR TALKED TO THE OWNER OF THE LAUSCOMBE AND HE INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT MAY BE TOTALED AS THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING FROM THE FORCE OF THE STRIKE AND BEING TIED DOWN AS WELL AS THE FUSELAGE.  HE INDICATED IT WAS INSURED FOR $25,000.00.  THIS WAS DOWNGRADED TO AN INCIDENT BY NTSB ON 9/19/2000.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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