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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pipistrel Lsa S R L SINUS 912 LSA · Arcadia, FL · January 2, 2025

Date: January 2, 2025 · 10:10 local
Place: Arcadia, FL
Airport: Arcadia Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N504TT
Reported as: Pipistrel Lsa S R L Sinus 912 LSA
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,275 total1,822 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N504TTRegistered now · Pipistrel Lsa S R L SINUS 912 LSAS/N 872 SM 912 LSA Airframe modelPipistrel Lsa S R L SINUS 912 LSA

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot moved stick forward to take weight of tailwheel to avoid shimmy that had been experienced the previous day. Not certain whether he had a small gust but, pilot corrected to the right, then left, then right, and assume that lack of response from the raised tailwheel was causing pilot to overcorrect. With a groundspeed of approximately 25 knots, the aircraft ground looped

Off the right side of the asphalt runway

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MOVED STICK FORWARD TO TAKE WEIGHT OF TAILWHEEL TO AVOID SHIMMY THAT HAD BEEN EXPERIENCED THE PREVIOUS DAY. NOT CERTAIN WHETHER HE HAD A SMALL GUST BUT, PILOT CORRECTED TO THE RIGHT, THEN LEFT, THEN RIGHT, AND ASSUME THAT LACK OF RESPONSE FROM THE RAISED TAILWHEEL WAS CAUSING PILOT TO OVERCORRECT. WITH A GROUNDSPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 25 KNOTS, THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED

OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ASPHALT RUNWAY