# Incident 20200626009939I: Aerotek PITTS S-1T, El Cajon, CA, June 26, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2020, 09:54 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N621MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS S-1T (registry code 0110303, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-1t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROTEK PITTS S-1T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,213 total, 1 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200626009939I

## Narrative

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

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 20020731037009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020731037009I), Jul 31, 2002: Amtr PITTSS1T (N621MS), Montgomery, NY, Minor damage. (-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…

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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