# Incident 20050527010999I: Amtr PITTSSPECIAL, Livermore, CA, May 27, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2005, 08:54 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35FB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35FB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boyd PITTS SPECIAL (registry code 72202C7, https://openairdocs.org/model/boyd-pitts-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSSPECIAL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 563 total, 321 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050527010999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY, MAY 27, AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS DOING PROFICIENCY LANDINGS IN A PITTS SPECIAL AT THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 AM. AFTER FIVE LANDINGS, AIRMAN ^PRIVA^ MADE A FULL STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY 25R. IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ HE STATED THAT "I SLOWED TO WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE PROPER TO EXIT AT THE 25R DELTA TAXIWAY." THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ FURTHER ASSERTED THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING A TAXI CLEARANCE WHILE MAKING THE TURN FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY TO TAXIWAY DELTA." AT THIS POINT, THE AIRCRAFT TAIL STARTED TO SWING AROUND IN A GROUND LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE LEFT WING AND LEFT LANDING GEAR. THE AIRMAN IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT STATED THAT HE APPLIED BRAKES AS THE AIRCRAFT WING STARTED TO TIP TOWARD THE SURFACE. HE INDICATED THAS HIS SUDDEN BRAKE PRESSURE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO COME UP AND STRIKE THE PROPELLER AND RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT RESTING ON ITS NOSE.

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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