# Accident 19990705046479A: Aviat PITTSS2B, Steamboat Sprin, CO, July 5, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1999, 10:42 local time
- Place: Steamboat Sprin, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4892° N, 106.8293° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4892&lon=-106.8293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321MB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N321MB-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat PITTS S-2B (registry code 2210308, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-pitts-s-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT PITTSS2B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990705046479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)ON JULY 5, 1999, AT 1042 MDT, AN AVIAT PITTS S-2B, N321MB, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO. THE COMMERICAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICALCONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN AHD BEEN FIELD FOR THIS PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AS SBS AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1015 MDT.  ACCORDING TO SEVERAL WITNESSES, THE PILOT PERFORMED A "HAMMERHEAD STALL", THEN ENTERED A "FLAT SPIN".  ONE WITNESS, WHO HAD SEEN THE PILOT PERFORM THIS MANEUVER BEFORE, SAID THE PILOT WAS "WAY TOO LOW".

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 DEN99FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA113), Jul 5, 1999: Pitts S-2B (N321MB), Steamboat Sprgs, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Intentional aerobatics performed by the pilot at an altitude insufficient to make a safe recovery.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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