# Accident 20170716021209A: Perner/Pitts S1S, Brenham, TX, July 16, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2017, 08:50 local time
- Place: Brenham, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2197° N, 96.3744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2197&lon=-96.3744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N714H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Perner/Pitts S1S (registry code 72202K7, https://openairdocs.org/model/perner-pitts-s1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PERNER/PITTS S1S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,794 total, 11 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA417](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA417) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170716021209A

## Narrative

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

AFTER RECEIVING 3.4 HRS OF TRANSITION TRAINING, WHICH INCLUDED AEROBATICS THE PILOT PUCHASED THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT AND PROCEDED TO FERRY IT FROM PHONIX ARIZONA TO STEWART FLORIDA. WHILE ENROUTE FROM AUSTIN TO AN AIRPORT NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON THE PILOT NOTED GROUND FOG DEVELOPING OVER HIS ROUTE COUPLED WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD ON HIS INTENDED ROUTE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT TO BRENHAM TEXAS TO WAIT OUT THE WEATHER. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON LANDING RESULTING ON THE AIRCRAFT SEVERELY PITCHING UP AND ROLLING LEFT AND CONTACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATLY 400 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE IN A LEFT WING LOW, KNIFE EDGE, ATTITUDE AND CARTWHEELED ONCE COMING TO REST FACING BACK THE DIRECTION IT CAME FROM APPROXIMATLY 4 FEET FROM A HANGAR. PILOT SUFFERED A BLOODY NOSE AND NO OTHER REPORTED INJURIES.

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE INSTRUCTOR THAT PROVIDED THE PILOT WITH THE TRAINING REVEALED THAT THE INSTRUCTOR WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WAS PROVIDING  FAMILIARIZATION/DEMO FLIGHTS AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE TAILORED THE TRAINING DIFFERENTLY AND GIVEN AN ENDORESMENT IF HE GAVE THE PILOT TRANSITION TRAINING.

A REVIEW OF THE PILOTS LOGBOOK OF  WHAT TRAINING WAS COMPLETED AND COMPAIRING IT TO AC91-109A REVEALED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ADEQUATE TRANSITION TRAINING.  THE AIRCRAFT THAT THE PILOT HAS EXPERIENCE IN IS NOT THE SAME CATEGORY AS THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT AS DEFINED BY AC91-109A SUPPORTING THE FACT THAT THE TRANSITION TRAINING, OR LACK THERE OF, WAS INADEQUATE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA417](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA417), Jul 16, 2017: Perner/Pitts S1S (N714H), Brenham, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain lateral/bank and yaw control during a go-around.

## Other reports on N714H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120721017419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120721017419I), Jul 21, 2012: Perner/Pitts S1S (N714H), St Augustine, FL, Minor damage. Pilot was flying in formation and landed long to allow other aircraft to land behind him. The ground roll took him to the over run area and ran into soft…

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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