# Accident 20080707855129A: Tallen PUTTSSPECIAL, Sumter, SC, July 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2008, 09:00 local time
- Place: Sumter, SC
- Airport: Sumter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9950° N, 80.3614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9950&lon=-80.3614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1959C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1959C-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tallent Chris M PUTTS SPECIAL (registry code 056241R, https://openairdocs.org/model/tallent-chris-m-putts-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 503DCSI (registry code 55567, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503dcsi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TALLEN PUTTSSPECIAL
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080707855129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT IS A LIGHT SPORT PILOT.  PILOT STATES HE WAS ON APPROACH AND LET THE AIRCRAFT APPROACH TO STEEPLY WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO GET A BETTER VIEW OVER THE FRONT COWLING.  HE BECAME IN ATTENTIVE TO THE AIRCRAFT BANK ANGLE AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A SMALL TREE RESULTING IN AN ADVERSE YAW AND HARD LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE, LANDNG GEAR AND FIREWALL SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 LAX08CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA219), Jul 7, 2008: Tallent, Chris M. Putts Special (N1959C), Sumter, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain the proper glideslope and clearance from obstacles. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's limited experience in the airplane type.

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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