# Incident 20220602009319I: Aviat Aircraft Inc PITTS S-2C, Centennial, CO, June 2, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2022, 15:20 local time
- Place: Centennial, CO
- Airport: Centennial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N317JK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N317JK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat PITTS S-2C (registry code 2210409, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-pitts-s-2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540-D4A5 (registry code 41799, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-d4a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC PITTS S-2C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540-D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220602009319I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 2, 2022 AT 2120Z AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^,A PITTS S-2C, DEPARTED RUNWAY 28 AT CENTENNIAL AIRPORT AND STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) WAS GIVING AEROBATIC INSTRUCTION TO A STUDENT FROM THE COLLAGE?S AEROBATIC TEAM. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH VARIABLE WINDS AT 3 KNOTS. RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT, THE PIC CHOSE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28 FOR THE SHORTER TAXI DISTANCE. THE PIC PERFORMED THE LANDING AND LANDED SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY WITH A DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. THE PIC APPLIED CONTROL INPUTS TO CORRECT THE DRIFT, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT. SHE RECOGNIZED THAT OVER-CORRECTION COULD CAUSE A GROUND LOOP. THE PIC ELECTED TO CONTINUE MINOR CORRECTIONS BUT THE LEFT WHEEL DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TIP TO CONTACT A RUNWAY SIGN. THE PIC RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND TAXIED BACK TO THE HANGAR. POST FLIGHT REVILED IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LOWER WING TIP. THE PIC STATED THAT A SMALL GUST OF WIND HIT BEFORE TOUCHDOWN AND SHE UNDERESTIMATED THE AMOUNT OF CORRECTION REQUIRED. SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO GROUND LOOP THE AIRPLANE SO SHE INPUT SMALL CORRECTIONS WHICH PREVENTED THE GROUND LOOP BUT CAUSED A SLIGHT OFF PAVEMENT ROLL OUT BEFORE RETURNING TO THE RUNWAY. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS WINDS VARIABLE AT 3 KNOTS WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 20 CENTIGRADE.

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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