# Incident 20010502008799I: Aviat PITTSS2B, Bridgeport, CT, May 2, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2001, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8ZT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8ZT-2025-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat PITTS S-2B (registry code 2210308, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-pitts-s-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT PITTSS2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010502008799I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING N8ZT FROM THE FRONT SEAT(WHERE THE VISIBILITY IS MORE LIMITED THAN THE BACK SEAT) AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT WHEEL FIRST. THE LEFT BRAKE ENGAGED AND THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO GROUND LOOP.  THERE WAS A SCRATCH ON THE LEFT WHEEL AND THE BRAKE CALIPER WAS JAMMED AND BROKEN, WHICH PREVENTED THE WHEEL FROM TURNING.  THE BRAKE HAD TO BE DISASSEMBLED ON THE RUNWAY TO TOW THE AIRPLANE TO THE RAMP.

## Other reports on N8ZT (2)

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

- [Accident 20250130000669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250130000669A), Jan 30, 2025: Aviat Inc PITTS S-2B (N8ZT), Vero Beach, FL, Destroyed. On 1/30/2025, at approximately 10:31 am (EST), the accident aircraft was inbound to vrb airport. The pilot was cleared for a straight in 7 mile approach to…
- [Accident 20101029051321A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101029051321A), Oct 29, 2010: Aviat Inc PITTS S-2B (N8ZT), Hilton Head Isl, SC, Substantial damage. On October 29, 2010 at 14:15 hours local the pilot of N8ZT was given instruction by the air traffic control tower to taxi to runway 03. VMC conditions…

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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