Date:	Sunday 30 January 2022
Time:	day
Type:	Pitts S-1S
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-WIGY
MSN:	7-0115
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Sturgate Airport (EGCS) -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Sturgate Airport (EGCS)
Destination airport:	Sturgate Airport (EGCS)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Pitts S-1S G-WIGY: Substantially damaged in a ground loop accident at Sturgate Airfield, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire on 30 January 2022. The incident was the subject of a AAIB Correspondence-only Report, published on 9 June 2022, and the following is the summary from it:

"The aircraft ground looped after landing. The pilot considered that the landing should have been rejected and attempts to control the aircraft after landing were ineffective. The right landing gear and wing were damaged".

G-WIGY is ex-G-ITTI (built 1991, re-registered as G-WIGY 20 May 2007)

1. AAIB Correspondence-only Report dated 9 June 2022: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-march-april-2022/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-march-april-2022
2. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-wigy
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgate_Airfield

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Jun-2022 22:11	Dr. John Smith	Added
11-Jun-2022 22:14	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]
19-Jul-2023 21:48	Nepa	Updated