# N73EW: Aerotek PITTS S-2A, registration cancelled 2013-05-13

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 13, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Aerotek PITTS S-2A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2a) (registry code 0110201)
- Engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E1CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E1CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 2045
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal, acrobatic
- Airworthiness date: March 2, 1993
- Certificate issued: October 4, 1996
- Last registry action: November 10, 1999
- Mode S code: A9C92B
- Owner when cancelled: [Kaimana Airshows Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KAIMANA%20AIRSHOWS%20INC)
- Location: [Ponca City, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Ponca%20City)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 36.7022° N, 97.1489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 74601, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73EW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=73EW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73EW-2013-05-13

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Aerotek PITTS S-2A: https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2a.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA353), Sep 20, 1997: Aerotek Pitts S-2A (N73EW), San Marcos, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control while performing aerobatics resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin. A factor was the lack of altitude available for recovery.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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.

- [Accident 19970920027629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970920027629A), Sep 20, 1997: Child S2APITTS (N73EW), San Marcos, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Failed timely recovery from a airshow spin. (-23) on September 20, 1997, at 1315 central daylight time, an erotek pitts S-2A aerobatics airplane, N73EW, was…

## Other aircraft with N73EW

- [Cancelled 2024-01-26](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73EW-2024-01-26): Cirrus Design SR22, S/N 9391. Exported to Brazil. Owner: [Kenmore Crew Leasing Inc Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KENMORE%20CREW%20LEASING%20INC%20TRUSTEE), [Bellingham, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Bellingham)

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