Date:	Tuesday 25 June 2019
Time:	day
Type:	Pitts S-2A Special
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-BYIP
MSN:	2244
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Private airstrip, Kilkerran, Ayrshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Perth International Airport (PSL/EGPT)
Destination airport:	Private airstrip, Kilkerran, Ayrshire

Narrative:
25 June 2019: Pitts S-2A G-BYIP substantially damaged when ground looped and overturned at a Private airstrip, Kilkerran, Ayrshire. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Record-only Investigation, published on 13 December 2019, and the following is the summary from the AAIB Report:

"The aircraft landed [at a Private airstrip, at Kilkerran, Ayrshire] "with the passenger’s foot applying the right brake pedal. The aircraft turned right on landing and overturned".

Damage Sustained to airframe
Per the AAIB "aircraft overturned". The damage sustained was presumably repaired, as the aircraft was returned to service with the same owner as before (who has owned G-BYIP since 23 March 2001)

Kilrerran Airstrip is located East of the B741, between Crosshill and Dailly, roughly 6 nautical miles E of Turnhouse town centre. The airstrip has a single runway: 02/22 (approximately 818 to 830 metres)

1. AAIB Report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-september-october-2019/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-september-october-2019
2. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-BYIP/965335
3. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-BYIP.html
4. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/N109WA.html
5. https://metar-taf.com/airport/GB-0711-kilkerran-ul
6. https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Kilkerran

Built 1981. Previously registered in the United States as N109WA. First registered in the UK to the 1st UK owners, the Real Aeroplane Company from 23 February 1999. The registration was cancelled 23 March 2001 on the grounds that the registered owner had "gone away". Re-registered the same day to David Patrick Heather-Hayes and based at Perth/Scone Airfield, who has owned G-BYIP ever since

After the incident at Kilkerran on 25 June 2019, the damage sustained was presumably repaired, as the aircraft was returned to service with the same owner as before. Total amount of flying hours accumulated on the airframe: 921 at 5 July 2024

G-BYIP Pitts S-2A Special at Perth/Scone Airfield, Perth, Tayside, Scotland (EGPT) 1 June 2011

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Aug-2024 20:25	Dr. John Smith	Added
31-Aug-2024 16:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative, ]