# Incident 20080814845819I: Aviat PITTSS2A, Wichita, KS, August 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2008, 18:42 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24JL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24JL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS S-2A (registry code 0110201, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT PITTSS2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 491 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080814845819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT EXPERIENCED IN-FLIGHT MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH RUDDER/TOE BRAKE PEDAL LINKAGE WHILE PRACTICING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS.  PILOT DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT TOE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AFTER LEVELING OFF IN FLIGHT.  THERE WAS NO APPARENT ABNORMALITY WITH FLIGHT CONTROL AUTHORITY HOWEVER THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE KICT TOWER WITH A PARTIAL FLIGHT CONTROL FAILURE.  PILOT ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT KICT WHERE EMERGENCY CREWS WERE AVAILABLE IF NEEDED.  THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL.

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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