# Incident 20181030021232I: Skip Stewart PITTS S-2S, Millington, TN, October 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2018, 09:00 local time
- Place: Millington, TN
- Airport: Millington-Memphis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3566° N, 89.8704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLINGTON/MEMPHIS (NQA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3566&lon=-89.8704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540SS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Skip Stewart PITTS S-2S (registry code 056302I, https://openairdocs.org/model/skip-stewart-pitts-s-2s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKIP STEWART PITTS S-2S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,754 total, 3,480 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181030021232I

## Narrative

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

10/30/2018:  AT 0900 LOCAL, PITTS AIRCRAFT N540SS WAS TAXING FROM RUNWAY 22 TO CORPORATE HANGAR #125 VIA C AND E TAXIWAYS.  EC-130 HELICOPTER N811HW WAS PARKED ON RAMP.  WHEN PITTS ATTEMPTED TO PASS BY THE TAIL AREA OF THE EC130, PITTS PILOT NOTICED HE WAS GOING TO HIT THE HELICOPTERS TAIL, FENESTRON.  THE PITTS PILOT APPLIED HEAVY BRAKES WHICH CAUSE THE PITTS TO ROTATE FORWARD ALONG LANDING GEAR AXIS STRIKING THE FENESTRON ON EC130 HELICOPTER WITH THE PITTS RIGHT UPPER WING, ALONG THE LEADING EDGE.  NO DAMAGE TO EC-130.  NO DAMAGE TO WING OF PITTS, BUT MINOR DAMAGE TO PITTS COMPOSITE PROPELLER, DUE TO GROUND STRIKE AND LEFT MAIN WHEEL PANTS (FAIRING).  NO OTHER DAMAGE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N811HW, Eurocopter EC 130 B4: no report for this aircraft; [N811HW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N811HW) is registered now

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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