# Incident 20020208000859I: Amtr STITSSA3B, Lawrenceville, GA, February 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2002, 13:24 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9781° N, 83.9624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GWINNETT COUNTY/BRISCOE FLD (LZU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9781&lon=-83.9624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N651WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N651WP-2014-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sheridan Donald T SA3 (registry code 05607O7, https://openairdocs.org/model/sheridan-donald-t-sa3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR STITSSA3B
- Reported engine: CONT C145*
- Pilot flight hours: 23,862 total, 5 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/20020208000859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 8, 2002, BETWEEN 1200 AND 1300 HOURS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT N651WP, A STITS, SA3B OPERATED BY OWNER/BUILDER DONALD T. SHERIDAN NOSED OVER ON ITS PROPELLER WHILE TAXIING. THIS CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE AND ENGINE STOPPAGE, AS WELL AS, MINOR DAMAGE TO LOWER ENGINE COWL. FAA INSPECTOR ON SITE 1840 HOURS, MINOR DAMAGE AND INCIDENT CONFIRMED. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED OR NOTED. MR. SHERIDAN'S STATEMENT IS ATTACHED. HE STATED THAT HE HAD APPLIED EXCESSIVE BRAKE AND THROTTLE WITH INSUFFICIENT ELEVATOR CONTROL PRESSURE, THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER. MR. SHERIDAN WAS COUNSELED ON SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND OPERATION OF CONVENTIONAL (TAIL WHEEL) AIRCRAFT.

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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