# Incident 20170411003709I: Pitts PITTS-S1, Terre Haute, IN, April 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2017, 08:55 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Terre Haute International-Hulman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4515° N, 87.3076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Terre Haute Regional Airport, Hulman Field (HUF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4515&lon=-87.3076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N262PD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N262PD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pitts Flying Club PITTS S-1S (registry code 7220685, https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-flying-club-pitts-s-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PITTS PITTS-S1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,338 total, 107 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170411003709I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 11, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:55 A.M. EDT, A PITTS S-1S, N262PD, GROUND LOOPED ON RUNWAY 5 DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING AT THE TERRE HAUTE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KHUF), TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LOWER LEFT WING TIP, AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED DURING THE INCIDENT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS THE REGISTERED AIRCRAFT OWNER AND OPERATOR.  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 IN VISUAL METEROLGICAL CONDITIONS. THE KHUF WEATHER REPORTED THE WIND AT 310 DEGREES AT SIX KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 NAUTICAL MILES, SKY CLEAR.    THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN.

THE PILOT STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND ROLLED ABOUT 500 FEET WHEN HE CAUGHT A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND LIFTING THE LEFT WING.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH FULL LEFT AILERON, FULL LEFT RUDDER, AND LEFT BRAKE.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED SIDEWAYS ON THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR UNDER THE FUSELAGE.

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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