# Incident 20040825025449I: Aviat PITTSS1S, San Luis Obispo, CA, August 25, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2004, 12:30 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2373° N, 120.6426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY RGNL (SBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2373&lon=-120.6426&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7GV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vanderziel PITTS S-1S (registry code 7220649, https://openairdocs.org/model/vanderziel-pitts-s-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT PITTSS1S
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,500 total, 420 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040825025449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED HARD, DUE TO MISJUDGING THE LANDING HEIGHT.

## Other reports on N7GV (1)

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

- [Incident 19780520034249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780520034249I), May 20, 1978: Child S1SPITTS (N7GV), Rochester, NH, Minor damage. Aircraft struck rock and damaged brake. Lost directional control.

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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