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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hildebrant Earl L PITTS S-1 · Hattiesburg, MS · March 29, 2013

Date
March 29, 2013 · 09:25 local
Place
Hattiesburg, MS
Airport
Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N177SB
Reported as
Hildebrant Earl L Pitts S-1
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

Airman had recently purchased the aircraft and was attempting his first landing in it. Airman lost control of the aircraft on rollout and ground looped the aircraft. Right main landing gear collapsed and the right wing struck the runway. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS ATTEMPTING HIS FIRST LANDING IN IT. AIRMAN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON ROLLOUT AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.