20050501008479A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Aviat PITTS S-2A · Tracy, CA · May 1, 2005

Date
May 1, 2005 · 12:35 local
Place
Tracy, CA
Airport
Tracy Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5300V
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX05CA153
Reported as
Aviat PITTSS2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,576 total25 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

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) During landing at touch down aircraft began to drift left off of runway center line. Pilot applied right rudder to correct drift. Left wing contacted runway surface resulting in aircraft loss of control. Aircraft experienced a prop strike and became inverted facing 180 degrees opposite the direction of original travel. The pilot was not injured. The aircraft passenger sustained a minor facial injury post crash during aircraft exit. Aircraft damage appeared minor from observed photos and witness descriptions.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING AT TOUCH DOWN AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT OFF OF RUNWAY CENTER LINE. PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT DRIFT. LEFT WING CONTACTED RUNWAY SURFACE RESULTING IN AIRCRAFT LOSS OF CONTROL. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A PROP STRIKE AND BECAME INVERTED FACING 180 DEGREES OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF ORIGINAL TRAVEL. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A MINOR FACIAL INJURY POST CRASH DURING AIRCRAFT EXIT. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE APPEARED MINOR FROM OBSERVED PHOTOS AND WITNESS DESCRIPTIONS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.