# Incident 20120131001689I: Mingledorff PITTS SPECIAL S-1S, Santa Ana, CA, January 31, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2012, 17:16 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: Santa Ana John Wayne Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88EM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88EM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mingledorff PITTS SPECIAL S-1S (registry code 7220648, https://openairdocs.org/model/mingledorff-pitts-special-s-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MINGLEDORFF PITTS SPECIAL S-1S
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120131001689I

## Narrative

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

N88EM WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 19L AT SANTA ANA AIRPORT. ON ONE OF THE LANDINGS, THE NOSE AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.  THE OWNER BELIEVES THE RIGHT WHEEL PANT/COVER CAME LOOSE AND ROTATED FORWARD LOCKING UP THE WHEEL.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROTATE FORWARD AND CONTACT THE GROUND WITH THE PROPELLER.  THE WHEEL PANT/COVERS HAD BEEN REMOVED IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY.  WHEEL COVER ATTACHING HARDWARE WAS NOT LOCATED AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR THE WHEEL COVER WAS VERY DISTORTED FROM ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN CONDITION.

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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