# Incident 20010416037279I: Amtr PITTSS2C, Lakeland, FL, April 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2001, 17:35 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N19FC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19FC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat S-2C (registry code 8130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-s-2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSS2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,700 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010416037279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MONDAY 16 APRIL 2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 17:35 DST, MR. FRED R. CABANAS, HOLDER OF PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 2234088, WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OPERATING HIS PITTS S-2 AIRCRAFT, N19FC. MR. CABANAS WAS TAXIING 19FC FOR DEPARTURE FROM THE LAKELAND LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT, LAKELAND, FLORIDA FOR DEPARTURE TO HIS HOME BASE AT THE KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KEY WEST, FLORIDA. WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE, MR. CABANAS STRUCK AN AIRPORT RUNWAY/TAXIWAY SIGN WITH HIS AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N19FC (1)

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

- [Incident 20120724015939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120724015939I), Jul 24, 2012: Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2C (N19FC), Meadow Lake, CO, Minor damage. 07/24/2012 Colorado springs, CO (kfly), Aviat S-2C, N19FC, ground looped during taxi operations. Substantial damage, no injuries.

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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