# Accident 20131209025819A: Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2C, Chandler, AZ, December 9, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2013, 14:10 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3191° N, 111.8704° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3191&lon=-111.8704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44HV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44HV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat S-2C (registry code 8130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-s-2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC S-2C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131209025819A

## Narrative

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

A PITTS S2-C AIRPLANE WAS DAMAGED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE WAS CONFIRMED BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT HE AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WERE PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. ON THE THIRD TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHING DOWN. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. DURING THE GO-AROUND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FELT A SLIGHT BUFFET AND NOTICED SOME DAMAGE TO THE LOWER RIGHT WINGTIP. AFTER LANDING, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THAT THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING STRUCK A RUNWAY IDENTIFIER SIGN. A 12-INCH-LONG SECTION OF THE OUTBOARD AFT SPAR SEPARATED FROM THE WING. THE OUTBOARD END OF THE AILERON TO THE OUTBOARD HINGE WAS BENT AND DISTORTED REARWARD FROM ITS ORIGINAL POSITION.

## 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 WPR14LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA065), Dec 9, 2013: Aviat S 2C (N44HV), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing, which resulted in impact with a runway identifier sign, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action to take the controls and…

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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