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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pilkenton Robin PITTS SPECIAL S1S · Lafayette, LA · July 13, 2014

Date: July 13, 2014 · 17:20 local
Place: Lafayette, LA
Airport: Lafayette Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N360PS
Reported as: Pilkenton Robin Pitts Special S1S
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,706 total550 in this make and model51 in the last 90 days

N360PSRegistered now · Pilkenton Robin PITTS SPECIAL S1SS/N 01 Airframe modelPilkenton Robin PITTS SPECIAL S1S Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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 reported, upon landing he heard a grinding sound from the main landing gear and the aircraft began to pull hard to the right, which tipped the aircraft to its left causing the left hand wing tip and left outer wheel assembly to contact the runway. The contact forced the aircraft back level and departed the runway. While exiting the runway into the grass, the tail wheel assembly broke off the aircraft as well. The pilot reported finding what appeared to be ground up rocks embedded in the right hand brake assembly.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED, UPON LANDING HE HEARD A GRINDING SOUND FROM THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PULL HARD TO THE RIGHT, WHICH TIPPED THE AIRCRAFT TO ITS LEFT CAUSING THE LEFT HAND WING TIP AND LEFT OUTER WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY. THE CONTACT FORCED THE AIRCRAFT BACK LEVEL AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. WHILE EXITING THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT AS WELL. THE PILOT REPORTED FINDING WHAT APPEARED TO BE GROUND UP ROCKS EMBEDDED IN THE RIGHT HAND BRAKE ASSEMBLY.