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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Christen Industries PITTS S-2B · Mansfield, OH · October 1, 2021

Date: October 1, 2021 · 12:30 local
Place: Mansfield, OH
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N287A
Reported as: Christen Industries Pitts S-2B
Reported engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total20 in this make and model

N287ARegistered now · Christen Industries PITTS S-2BS/N 5107 Airframe modelChristen Industries PITTS S-2B Engine modelLycoming AEIO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon landing at MFD, on runway 32, aircraft veered left. Pilot input power and corrected to the right. Pilot then made one last correction and the aircraft tail went up and the aircraft went to the left, right wing contacted the ground and then came to a stop. Pilot was able to taxi aircraft to the nearest taxiway.

The runway had marks/scrapes where the tire and rim contacted.

Scraped the underside of outboard lower r/h wing and aileron. Scraped r/h wheel cover/fairing on forward side. Gouged r/h wheel assembly and damaged wheel bearing.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING AT MFD, ON RUNWAY 32, AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT. PILOT INPUT POWER AND CORRECTED TO THE RIGHT. PILOT THEN MADE ONE LAST CORRECTION AND THE AIRCRAFT TAIL WENT UP AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT TO THE LEFT, RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THEN CAME TO A STOP. PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI AIRCRAFT TO THE NEAREST TAXIWAY.

THE RUNWAY HAD MARKS/SCRAPES WHERE THE TIRE AND RIM CONTACTED.

SCRAPED THE UNDERSIDE OF OUTBOARD LOWER R/H WING AND AILERON. SCRAPED R/H WHEEL COVER/FAIRING ON FORWARD SIDE. GOUGED R/H WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND DAMAGED WHEEL BEARING.