# Incident 20200914017909I: Siwik Ronald A PITTS SPECIAL S-1, Dekalb, IL, September 14, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2020, 10:25 local time
- Place: Dekalb, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9282° N, 88.7476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeKalb, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9282&lon=-88.7476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23RS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siwik Ronald A PITTS SPECIAL S-1 (registry code 7220789, https://openairdocs.org/model/siwik-ronald-a-pitts-special-s-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIWIK RONALD A PITTS SPECIAL S-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200914017909I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF DEVIATION: ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N23RS, A 1981 SIWIK RONALD A PITTS SPECIAL S-1 FAILED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY WHILE LANDING AT DE KALB TAYLOR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KDKB).

AN AIRCRAFT (N616AD) ENTERED THE PATTERN AT KDKB AND NOTICED THAT N23RS APPEARED TO BE OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE PIC OF N23RS WAS WALKING ON THE RUNWAY TOWARDS THE FIXED BASED OPERATOR. N616AD CONTACTED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) C90 WHO CONTACTED THE MANAGER AT KDKB TO CONFIRM THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED THE RUNWAY.

RECOMMENDATIONS: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OWNS A PITTS AIRCRAFT AND HAS EXPERIENCE FLYING TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THIS MODEL OF PITTS DOES LAND DIFFERENTLY THAN THE MODEL HE OWNS. HE BELIEVES THE LANDING HE MADE WAS NOT OVERLY HARD HOWEVER; HE DID STATE THAT HE WAS LEARNING HOW TO PERFECT HIS LANDING IN THAT PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT. AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, THE GREATER CHICAGO FSDO HAS COUNSELED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ABOUT PROFICIENCY VS. CURRENCY IN PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WILL TAKE MORE TIME TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRCRAFT ONCE IT IS REPAIRED. THE GREATER CHICAGO FSDO IS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOGBOOK INFORMATION. ONCE THAT INFORMATION ARRIVES THIS WILL BE AMENDED IF ANY ACTION OTHER THAN COUNSELING IS REQUIRED.

COMMENTS:  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COMPLIANT THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION. THIS CASE IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH COMPLIANCE ACTION COUNSELING UNLESS THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DETERMINES PILOT WAS UNQUALIFIED OR NOT CURRENT TO OPERATE THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INVESTIGATION WAS STARTED IN PTRS AND FINISHED IN SAS.

PTRS 1712= GL0320200101

COUNSELING= SAS GL03202100027

## Other reports on N23RS (1)

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

- [Accident 20220701011549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220701011549A), Jul 1, 2022: Siwik Ronald A PITTS SPECIAL S-1 (N23RS), Sturgeon Bay, WI, Substantial damage. On July 01, 2022, N23RS, a pitts special S1 aircraft landed on runway 02 at Sturgeon Bay airport(ksue). During roll out, [privacy data omitted] veered off the…

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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