# Incident 20240803010769I: Rudowick Edward J PITTS SPECIAL S-1C, Longview, TX, August 3, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2024, 11:55 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Airport: East Texas Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3840° N, 94.7115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST TEXAS RGNL (GGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3840&lon=-94.7115&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8517K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8517K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rudowick Edward J PITTS SPECIAL S-1C (registry code 7221177, https://openairdocs.org/model/rudowick-edward-j-pitts-special-s-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RUDOWICK EDWARD J PITTS SPECIAL S-1C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,069 total, 7 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240803010769I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/03/2024, PILOT WAS LANDING AT LONGVIEW (GGG) FOR REFUEL.  HE CONFIRMED WITH TOWER ON RUNWAY LOCATION.  WHEN HE LANDED, PILOT STATED HE EXPERIENCED THE EXPECTED INSTABILITY AND MADE CORRECTIONS TO MAINTAIN CENTERLINE AND INADVERTANTLY EXPERIENCED A GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  HE CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET DOWN THE LENGTH OF RUNWAY 31 BETWEEN TAXIWAYS D AND E.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED (ONLY OCCUPANT).   THE TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLY HAD SNAPPED OFF AT THE ATTACHMENT POINT TO THE AIRFRAME AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE RH LOWER WINGTIP AND LH WHEEL COVER.

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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