# Incident 20010411015489I: Aviat PITTSS2B, Lakeland, FL, April 11, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N340PS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N340PS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat PITTS S-2B (registry code 2210308, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-pitts-s-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT PITTSS2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 95 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010411015489I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19981128032401A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981128032401A), Nov 28, 1998: Aviat PITTSS2B (N340PS), Easton, MD, Substantial damage. Acft 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,…

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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