# Incident 20010920026739I: Amtr PITTSSPECS1S, Polson, MT, September 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Polson, MT
- Airport: Polson Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6954° N, 114.1853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POLSON (8S1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6954&lon=-114.1853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N715L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N715L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Leech-Jerome PITTS SPECIAL S-1S (registry code 7220662, https://openairdocs.org/model/leech-jerome-pitts-special-s-1s) (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: AMTR PITTSSPECS1S
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 60 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010920026739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE GROUND LOOPED HIS PITTS 81S, N715L AT THE POLSON, MONTANA AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 MDT ON 09/20/01. HE STATED HE WAS LANDING WITH A SLIGHT TAILWIND AND DRIFTED TO LEFT OF CENTERLINE. HE OVER CORRECTED AND ADDED POWER TO STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT; THEN APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER IN GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N715L (1)

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

- [Accident 19950712049329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950712049329A), Jul 12, 1995: Amtr PITTSSPECIAL (N715L), Livermore, CA, Substantial damage. (-16) During landing at the lvk airport pilot lost control of aircraft and departed the runway striking several hay bales. [privacy data omitted] Grass between…

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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