ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178861
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| Date: | Saturday 5 July 2014 |
| Time: | 13:15 LT |
| Type: |  Pitts S-1S |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-TAYL |
| MSN: | 20940 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming AEIO-360-B4A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Perth/Scone Airfield, Perh, Tayside, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Perth/Scone Airfield, Scotland (EGPT/PSL) |
| Perth/Scone Airfield, Scotland (EGPT/PSL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged (see pictures below) when crashed (side slipped) and went out of control on approach to Perth/Scone Airfield, Perth, Tayside, Scotland, on 5/7/2014. According to the following synopsis from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot was on his second flight in a Pitts Special. Because visibility of the landing area during the approach is not good in this type of aircraft, he flew an approach in which his initial aiming point was about a third of the way along the runway and, when certain of reaching the airfield, side-slipped the aircraft to steepen the approach and bring the touchdown point closer to the threshold.
The accident occurred when the pilot stopped the side-slip and flared the aircraft for landing. The rate of descent was too high and the flare did not prevent the aircraft from hitting the ground hard. The undercarriage collapsed, allowing the propeller to strike the ground, and the aircraft ground looped before stopping. The pilot, who was uninjured, made the aircraft safe and vacated it normally. There was no fire.
The pilot considered that he did not maintain sufficient airspeed whilst side-slipping, so the flare did not arrest the high rate of descent. He thought that the energy absorbing seat foam and using a seven-point harness had prevented injury"
Damage sustained to G-TAYL: Landing gear, propeller, wing tip and wing fabric damaged
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/548b0f17e5274a42900002df/Pitts_Special_S-1S_G-TAYL_12-14.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2015 14:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Aug-2015 23:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
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