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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Pitts PITTS S-2A · West Palm Beach, FL · March 8, 2017

Date
March 8, 2017 · 10:30 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
North Palm Beach County Genera
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1230S
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA181
Reported as
Pitts PITTS-S2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
22,000 total14 in this make and model38 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.

^Mr. Jacobson^ landed on turf rwy 26R at F45 after a dozen uneventful touch & go's. on last landing the aircraft departed the runway on the right hand side, the main gear pant fairing bogged down causing the aircraft to flip. Minor injuries were sustained but the aircraft sustained substantial damage to the airframe.

As the FAA filed it

^MR. JACOBSON^ LANDED ON TURF RWY 26R AT F45 AFTER A DOZEN UNEVENTFUL TOUCH & GO'S. ON LAST LANDING THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE MAIN GEAR PANT FAIRING BOGGED DOWN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP. MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.