# Accident 20150926021429A: Smisek-Kime PITTS SPECIAL S-1, Tracy, CA, September 26, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2015, 14:55 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Airport: Tracy Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6889° N, 121.4416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRACY MUNI (TCY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6889&lon=-121.4416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smisek-Kime PITTS SPECIAL S-1 (registry code 7220205, https://openairdocs.org/model/smisek-kime-pitts-special-s-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMISEK-KIME PITTS SPECIAL S-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,720 total, 54 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150926021429A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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