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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Christen IN PITTS S-2B · Ashtabula, OH · May 26, 2010

Date: May 26, 2010 · 19:30 local
Place: Ashtabula, OH
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N260JP
Reported as: Christen IN Pitts S-2B
Reported engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 520 total50 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N260JPRegistered now · Christen Industries PITTS S-2BS/N 5100 · Built 1986 Airframe modelChristen Industries PITTS S-2B Engine modelLycoming AEIO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot reported he was flying a pitts S-2B at Ashtabula airport (hzy), practicing touch and go landings on runway 08 with his father in the other seat. Winds were 360 degrees at 4 knots. After landing went to the right and hit one runway light, but did not go off the pavement. He reported they did not know they had sustained any damage and continued to make a few more touch and go landings. They then returned to their home strip, 0OI6, four miles northeast of hzy. At that time they discovered the damage to the right wing. They called hzy to inform them that a runway light was probably damaged. They reported the incident to the cleveland FSDO, and made arrangements to have an A&P mechanic inspect the aircraft to determine the damage.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS FLYING A PITTS S-2B AT ASHTABULA AIRPORT (HZY), PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 08 WITH HIS FATHER IN THE OTHER SEAT. WINDS WERE 360 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS. AFTER LANDING WENT TO THE RIGHT AND HIT ONE RUNWAY LIGHT, BUT DID NOT GO OFF THE PAVEMENT. HE REPORTED THEY DID NOT KNOW THEY HAD SUSTAINED ANY DAMAGE AND CONTINUED TO MAKE A FEW MORE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. THEY THEN RETURNED TO THEIR HOME STRIP, 0OI6, FOUR MILES NORTHEAST OF HZY. AT THAT TIME THEY DISCOVERED THE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING. THEY CALLED HZY TO INFORM THEM THAT A RUNWAY LIGHT WAS PROBABLY DAMAGED. THEY REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE CLEVELAND FSDO, AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE AN A&P MECHANIC INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE THE DAMAGE.