# Incident 20060617011399I: Vicker SPITFIREMKIX, Aspen, CO, June 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2006, 09:58 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen-Pitkin Co - Sardy Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2219° N, 106.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY/SARDY FLD (ASE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2219&lon=-106.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N308WK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N308WK-2019-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vickers SPITFIRE MARK IX (registry code 9470112, https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-spitfire-mark-ix) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce MERLIN (registry code 54502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-merlin) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VICKER SPITFIREMKIX
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 1,025 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060617011399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT MADE 3-POINT LANDING ON RUNWAY 15. DURING LANDING ROLL, TAIL "WENT RIGHT" AND PILOT CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER. AIRCRAFT STRAIGHTENED OUT MOMENTARILY AND THEN AIRCRAFT, AGAIN, GRADUALLY TURNED LEFT. RUDDER WAS INEFFECTIVE AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT WENT ONTO GRASSY AREA ADJACENT TO RUNWAY AND LEFT MAIN TIRE SANK INTO SOFT DIRT. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED WITH RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTING THE GROUND. VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING TIP ONLY.

## Other reports on N308WK (1)

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

- [Accident 20080426834299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080426834299A), Apr 26, 2008: Amtr SPITFIRE (N308WK), Galveston, TX, Substantial damage. (-23)The PIC of 308WK (Spitfire) landed at gls on rwy 17. He was landing in sequence behind N96RW (hurricane) with about 20 seconds of spacing. The PIC of…

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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