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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Martin PITTS S-1 · Bishop, CA · September 20, 2011

Date
September 20, 2011 · 11:20 local
Place
Bishop, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N180TT
Reported as
Martin Pitts S-1
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,050 total370 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot ground looped aircraft after landing, pilot privacy data omitted reported to this inspector in a phone call that "he made a 3 point landing at bih, calm winds, after touch down the aircraft went left-right-left and was heading off the runway and he decided to hit the brakes and the aircraft went up on the prop spinner and came to a stop."

As the FAA filed it

PILOT GROUND LOOPED AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED TO THIS INSPECTOR IN A PHONE CALL THAT "HE MADE A 3 POINT LANDING AT BIH, CALM WINDS, AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT WENT LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT AND WAS HEADING OFF THE RUNWAY AND HE DECIDED TO HIT THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT UP ON THE PROP SPINNER AND CAME TO A STOP."