# Incident 20221003023069I: Pitts-Thomas PITTS SPECIAL, Mount Vernon, WA, October 3, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2022, 16:30 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, WA
- Airport: Skagit Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4705° N, 122.4217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKAGIT RGNL (BVS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4705&lon=-122.4217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5952, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5952) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pitts-Thomas PITTS SPECIAL (registry code 722024B, https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-thomas-pitts-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PITTS-THOMAS PITTS SPECIAL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221003023069I

## Narrative

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

ON OCT0BER 3, 2022, 1630 LOCAL, AT SKAGIT REGIONAL AIRPORT (KBVS) PILOT LANDED (+/-30) FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 29, LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT, WENT ONTO ADJACENT GRASS MARGIN, PROP STRUCK RUNWAY 29 SIGN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## Other reports on N5952 (1)

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

- [Incident 19950420011449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950420011449I), Apr 20, 1995: Child S1PITTS (N5952), Butte, MT, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 20, 1995, a pitts, PIS-1, owned and operated by robert higbee while on a pleasure flight, landed at Butte, MT veered off the runway and…

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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