# Accident 20070124000419A: Amtr PITTSSPECIAL, Stockton, CA, January 24, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2007, 12:56 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Stockton Metropolitan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8942° N, 121.2383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8942&lon=-121.2383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41HR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41HR-2007-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ross Herbert E HUMMER PITTS SPECIAL (registry code 05614SM, https://openairdocs.org/model/ross-herbert-e-hummer-pitts-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSSPECIAL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070124000419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT HE STATED ON TAKE OFF THE ENGINE COULD ONLY DEVELOP 1800 RMP. THE PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT TAKE OFF. WITH THE TAIL WHEEL OFF THE GROUND THE PILOT CASE THE THROTTLE OFF TO DECREASE RMP. WITH ONLY RUDDER CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ USED THE RIGHT WHEEL BRAKING TO CONTROL AND STRAIGHTEN OUT THE AIRCRAFT. THE RUNWAY HAS TWO GROOVED DEPRESSIONS RUNNING THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY IN THE ASPHALT. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRAIGHTENING OUT THE LEFT WHEEL FOLLOWED THE GROOVED ASPHALT DEPRESSION. WITH THE RIGHT BRAKE LOCKED THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SIDEWAYS AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ LOST CONTROL FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS NOSE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA07LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA053), Jan 24, 2007: Ross Hummer Pitts Special (N41HR), Stockton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent ground loop/swerve, resulting in a nose over during an aborted takeoff. A contributing factor was the uneven runway surface, which restricted the pilot's ability to maintain…

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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