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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerotek PITTS S-1T · El Cajon, CA · June 26, 2020

Date: June 26, 2020 · 09:54 local
Place: El Cajon, CA
Airport: Gillespie
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N621MS
Reported as: Aerotek Pitts S-1T
Reported engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,213 total1 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N621MSRegistered now · Aerotek PITTS S-1TS/N 1021 · Built 1984 Airframe modelAerotek PITTS S-1T Engine modelLycoming AEIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

This was the airman's second flight in the airplane and he planned to do a few touch and goes and then prep for a long cross country flight. The pilot performed all preflight checks as normal. All aircraft systems were operating normally. He taxied onto the runway and slowly advanced the power to maintain the runway centerline by minimizing torque effect and p-factor. As he advanced the throttle through ~20 in. Hg. And 50 KIAS the airplane "got away from" him and he couldn't maintain directional control. The airplane departed the left side of the runway and came to rest on the broken landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

THIS WAS THE AIRMAN'S SECOND FLIGHT IN THE AIRPLANE AND HE PLANNED TO DO A FEW TOUCH AND GOES AND THEN PREP FOR A LONG CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE PILOT PERFORMED ALL PREFLIGHT CHECKS AS NORMAL. ALL AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY. HE TAXIED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND SLOWLY ADVANCED THE POWER TO MAINTAIN THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE BY MINIMIZING TORQUE EFFECT AND P-FACTOR. AS HE ADVANCED THE THROTTLE THROUGH ~20 IN. HG. AND 50 KIAS THE AIRPLANE "GOT AWAY FROM" HIM AND HE COULDN'T MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST ON THE BROKEN LANDING GEAR.

Other reports on N621MS · 1

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

Incident 20020731037009IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Montgomery, NY(-23) On July 31, 2002 this aircraft landed on runway 08 at mgj without incident, while taxiing from the runway to taxiway bravo the aircraft made a right hand turn during this turn the left main gear collapsed causing minor damage to the aircraft. All…Jul 31, 2002 · Minor damage