A pitts pilot bounced the aircraft during landing and the instructor was unable to salvage the landi...

Narrative:

While receiving dual instruction I bounced the landing of my pitts S-2B. The instructor declared; 'I have the airplane;' took control of the aircraft and attempted to salvage the landing. This resulted in a ground loop which damaged the landing gear. There were no injuries or property damage. After reviewing crash fire rescue equipment 14; part 830; sub-part B; 830.5 we determined that an initial report to the NTSB was not required as there was no property damage or injuries. It took nearly two hours to locate personnel and equipment necessary to move the aircraft. During this time the aircraft was just off the runway and presented a potential hazard to landing and departing traffic. The local airport management seemed to be unclear about their reporting requirements and debated about moving the aircraft. They chose to post an individual with a hand-held aviation radio to watch for traffic and provide advisories. Perhaps a nation-wide 800 number and posted placards for reporting potential hazards could have ensured immediate dissemination of the potential risk.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Pitts pilot bounced the aircraft during landing and the instructor was unable to salvage the landing; resulting in a ground loop and damage to the landing gear.

Narrative: While receiving dual instruction I bounced the landing of my Pitts S-2B. The instructor declared; 'I have the airplane;' took control of the aircraft and attempted to salvage the landing. This resulted in a ground loop which damaged the landing gear. There were no injuries or property damage. After reviewing CFR 14; Part 830; Sub-part B; 830.5 we determined that an initial report to the NTSB was not required as there was no property damage or injuries. It took nearly two hours to locate personnel and equipment necessary to move the aircraft. During this time the aircraft was just off the runway and presented a potential hazard to landing and departing traffic. The Local Airport Management seemed to be unclear about their reporting requirements and debated about moving the aircraft. They chose to post an individual with a hand-held aviation radio to watch for traffic and provide advisories. Perhaps a nation-wide 800 number and posted placards for reporting potential hazards could have ensured immediate dissemination of the potential risk.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1130220
Time
Date	201311
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Pitts S-2 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Trainee Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 26.1 Flight Crew Total 409 Flight Crew Type 10.2
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway

A pitts pilot bounced the aircraft during landing and the instructor was unable to salvage the landing; resulting in a ground loop and damage to the landing gear.