# Accident 20111106028632A: Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2C, Abingdon, VA, November 6, 2011 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 6, 2011, 14:30 local time - Place: Abingdon, VA - Damage: Minor damage - Collision: Collision on the ground - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 36.6872° N, 82.0333° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6872&lon=-82.0333&mi=10 - Aircraft: N177CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177CD) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Aviat S-2C (registry code 8130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-s-2c) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC S-2C - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA100) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111106028632A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON NOVEMBER 6, 2011 THE FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT WERE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD NTSB AS REQUIRED BY CFR TITLE 49 PART 830.5 (A)(5). THE AFOREMENTIONED ACCIDENT CAME TO THIS OFFICES ATTENTION DECEMBER 1, 2011.N177CD, A S2C PITTS, S/N 6069 OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ N62HS, A VANES RV6 OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^STATEMENT FROM MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ N177CDTHE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH EXCEPTION OF SOME VERY HIGH CLOUDS. THE VISIBILITY WAS EXCELLENT WHILE NOT FACING INTO THE SUN. THE WINDS WERE VERY LIGHT AND FAVORING THE SOUTHWEST.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RUNWAY 24 APPROXIMATELY 1415 FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT AND SOME ACROBATIC PRACTICE THAT TOOK PLACE SOUTH EAST OF THE AIRPORT NEAR THE HEAD WATERS OF SOUTH HOLSTON LAKE. AFTER SOME PRACTICE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RETURNED TO THE KVJI AIRPORT AND APPROACHED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FROM THE SOUTHWEST SO AS TO BE ABLE TO ENTER THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR RW24 AT MID FIELD ON A FORTY FIVE DEGREE ANGLE. THE DOWNWIND LEG WAS FLOWN AT 3000MSL AT 115 TO 110 MPH IAS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DETECTED NO AIR TRAFFIC VISUALLY WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TURNED BASE JUST AFTER PASSING THE TWO TAN TANKS. THE POWER WAS REDUCED TO 2000 RPM AND DECENT COMMENCED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT SEE ANY AIR TRAFFIC TO HIS RIGHT OR LEFT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON FINAL APPROACH BEFORE TURNING ONTO FINAL. THERE WAS NO AIRPLANE HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 24. FROM BASE LEG ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TURNED ONTO THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OFRW24 AND USED A NOSE LEFT FORWARD SLIP POWER ON APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. THE APPROACH WAS STABLE AT A MODERATE DECENT ANGLE TO ALLOW FOR THE FORWARD SLIP DECENT RATE WITH AIRSPEED AT 90 TO 95MPH UNTIL TIME TO FLAIR. THE VISIBILITY WAS STILL CLEAR BUT THERE WAS A MODERATE AMOUNT OF GLARE FROM THE AFTERNOON SUN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS WEARING SUN GLASSES AND COULD SEE CLEARLY THE RUNWAY, RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND ALL MARKINGS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE VERY LEFT CORNER OF THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NOT AN AIRPLANE VISIBLE BETWEEN ME AND THE RUNWAY DURING THE FINAL APPROACH AND FLAIR. ONCE FLARING BEGAN ONLY THE RUNWAY SIDES ARE VISIBLE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. JUST PAST THE 24 NUMBERS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLARED OVER THE CENTERLINE AND LANDED IN A THREE POINT ATTITUDE WITH THE TOUCHDOWN ABOUT THE THIRD WHITE LINE PAST THE RUNWAY 24 NUMBERS. TOUCH DOWN SPEED IN A THREE POINT ATTITUDE IS 68MPH. TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMPLETED THE LANDING AND BEGAN TAXING TOWARD THE MID FIELD EXIT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AT A POINT JUST PASSED THE STRONGWELL HANGAR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GOING ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN HE FELT A SLIGHT THUMP AND HEARD A SCRAPPING, GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE PROPELLER. AT FIRST HE THOUGHT THE PROPELLER WAS COMING APART. HE CUT THE MIXTURE CONTROL OFF AND THEN AN AIRPLANE (AN RV6) SWERVED TO THE LEFT FROM IN FRONT OF HIM AND SLOWLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND STOPPED FACING TO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. STATEMENT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ N62HSCALLED 4 MILES SOUTH OF AIRPORT LANDING 24, CALLED DOWN WIND, BASE AND THEN FINAL TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 65 MPH AND A PITTS LANDED ON THE TAIL OF HIS AIRCRAFT CAUSING HEAVY DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFT. ## Other aircraft in the event - N62HS, Sigmon Harvey E VANS RV 6: [Accident 20111106028772A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111106028772A) ## 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 ERA12LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA100), Nov 6, 2011: Aviat S-2C (N177CD), Abingdon, VA, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of the Pitts pilot to see and avoid the RV-6 that had landed ahead. Contributing to the accident was the Pitts pilot's inability to hear the RV-6 pilot's radio calls due to the lack of a… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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