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FAA incident report · Aviat PITTS S-2B · Lakeland, FL · April 11, 2001

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Date
April 11, 2001 · 11:00 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Lakeland Regional Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N340PS
Reported as
Aviat PITTSS2B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total95 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days
N340PSRegistered now · Aviat PITTS S-2BS/N 5338Airframe modelAviat PITTS S-2BEngine modelLycoming AEIO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On April 2001, at 1100 EDT, an Aviat S2B, N340PS, registered to daniel d. barks, experienced a canopy separation and hard landing at the Lakeland linder regional airport, Lakeland, Florida, while on a part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the commercial rated pilot received no injuries. The flight originated at Lakeland, Florida on April 11, 2001, at approximately 1055 hours. The aircraft experienced wake turbulence from a departing aircraft on takeoff at approximately 25 feet AGL. The pilot momentarily lost control of the aircraft when it pitched nose down and contacted the runway. The canopy departed the aircraft and remained on the runway after striking the right horizontal stabilizer. The propeller and a single antenna on the belly of the aircraft were also damaged by the hard landing. Although the canopy was latched, it was not positioned in the closed (forward) position prior to takeoff. The pilot regained control of the aircraft after the initial contact with the runway and made a successful landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 2001, AT 1100 EDT, AN AVIAT S2B, N340PS, REGISTERED TO DANIEL D. BARKS, EXPERIENCED A CANOPY SEPARATION AND HARD LANDING AT THE LAKELAND LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAKELAND, FLORIDA ON APRIL 11, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1055 HOURS. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED WAKE TURBULENCE FROM A DEPARTING AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET AGL. THE PILOT MOMENTARILY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT PITCHED NOSE DOWN AND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE CANOPY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY AFTER STRIKING THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE PROPELLER AND A SINGLE ANTENNA ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE ALSO DAMAGED BY THE HARD LANDING. ALTHOUGH THE CANOPY WAS LATCHED, IT WAS NOT POSITIONED IN THE CLOSED (FORWARD) POSITION PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. THE PILOT REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING.

Other reports on N340PS · 1

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

Accident 19981128032401ALevel Off Touchdown · Easton, MDAcft landed and struck N5088Q, which was still on runway. (.19) on November 28, 1998, at 1115 eastern standard time, a pitts S-2B, N340PS, and a Cessna 152, N5088Q, were substantially damaged after they collided on runway 22 at the newnam field airport,…Nov 28, 1998 · Substantial damage