# Accident 20191103022759A: Pitts PITTS-S1, Monument Valley, UT, November 3, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2019, 11:45 local time
- Place: Monument Valley, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: C-GMEE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PITTS PITTS-S1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 350 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191103022759A

## Narrative

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

PILOT APPROACHED RUNWAY 16 DOWNWIND AT UT25. PILOT OVERSHOT FIRST APPROACH. PILOT NOTED BRUSH OVERHANGING RUNWAY. SECOND APPROACH WAS BETTER. PILOT FLARED INTO 3 POINT ATTITUDE BUT RIGHT WING STRUCK BRUSH WHICH PULLED AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. PILOT ADDED MORE POWER TO ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE SITUATION. PLANE GROUND LOOPED AND SPUN 180 DEGREES. BOTH WINGS AND PROP STUCK GROUND. BROKEN SPAR ON WINGS, GEAR BROKEN, TWISTED FUSELAGE.

## 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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