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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Smisek-Kime PITTS SPECIAL S-1 · Tracy, CA · September 26, 2015

Date
September 26, 2015 · 14:55 local
Place
Tracy, CA
Airport
Tracy Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N99AK
Reported as
Smisek-Kime Pitts Special S-1
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-B4A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,720 total54 in this make and model131 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft was landing at Tracy, CA. (Tcy) runway 30, and encountered gusty crosswind conditions, bounced, swerved and flipped up on its nose to a stop. Propeller damaged with sudden stoppage of engine. Landing gear, engine mount, wing & fuselage damaged as well.

Pilot escaped with minor injury and was taken to the local Tracy hospital for observation.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT TRACY, CA. (TCY) RUNWAY 30, AND ENCOUNTERED GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS, BOUNCED, SWERVED AND FLIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE TO A STOP. PROPELLER DAMAGED WITH SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF ENGINE. LANDING GEAR, ENGINE MOUNT, WING & FUSELAGE DAMAGED AS WELL.

PILOT ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURY AND WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL TRACY HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.