20041003026239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr PITTS S-1 · Ardmore, OK · October 3, 2004

Date: October 3, 2004 · 22:48 local
Place: Ardmore, OK
Airport: Ardmore Mini Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N48RP
Reported as: Amtr PITTSS1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 850 total100 in the last 90 days

N48RPRegistered now · Paulsen PITTS S-1S/N 658-H · Built 1978 Airframe modelPaulsen PITTS S-1 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Light gun clearance was used for aircraft to land. Several attempts were made to land, but aircraft veered to the left each time, with the left wing tip either close to, or striking the runway. The pilot would then go around and try again. When the aircraft landed it then veered off the left side of the runway, hitting a runway light, and coming to rest approximately 75 yards off the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) LIGHT GUN CLEARANCE WAS USED FOR AIRCRAFT TO LAND. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LAND, BUT AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT EACH TIME, WITH THE LEFT WING TIP EITHER CLOSE TO, OR STRIKING THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WOULD THEN GO AROUND AND TRY AGAIN. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IT THEN VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HITTING A RUNWAY LIGHT, AND COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS OFF THE RUNWAY.