# Accident 20000509041009A: Amtr PITTSMODEL12, Newsmyrnabeach, FL, May 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Newsmyrnabeach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1109° N, 80.9690° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1109&lon=-80.9690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69BM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69BM-2001-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Morphew Ben L PITTS MODEL 12 (registry code 05603X6, https://openairdocs.org/model/morphew-ben-l-pitts-model-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSMODEL12
- Reported engine: VEDENY M14P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 6,174 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000509041009A

## Narrative

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

(.4) N69BM WAS DISCOVERED IN A BURNT OUT AREA, WITH TWO OCCUPANTS IN THE WRECKAGE. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REVEALED THAT THE PILOT HAD BEEN FLYING N69BM IN FORMATION WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT, AND HAD DISCONTINUED THE RETURN FLIGHT TO PRACTICE AEROBATICS, AND WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HIS WIFE AFTER HE DID NOT RETURN HOME. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE LATER VERIFIED THE IDENTITIES OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD BEEN FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE, AS THOSE WHO HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING BY THE PILOT'S WIFE. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE BURNT WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE AIRFRAME HAD INCURRED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH HARD GROUND IMPACT, IN AN INVERTED POSITION, AND THERE WERE NO INDICATORS OF ANY MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ITS SYSTEMS. THE PROPELLER SIGNATURES FOUND, WERE CONSISTENT WITH AN ENGINE PRODUCING POWER AT IMPACT. (-23)THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED WITH THE LEFT WING S TWISTED AND BENT AFT. AND THE FUSELAGE  STRECHED AND BENT RIGHT AT THE WING ROOT.  THE AFT ELEVATOR CONTROL ROD END AND FWD. ROD END WERE FOUND STRECHED TO THE RIGHT AND BROKEN AT THE THREADS.  THE AIRCRAFT FABRIC AND COMPSITE PROP BLADES                                        WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY POST IMPACT FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AT THE RESULT OF AN INVERTED FLAT SPIN PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## 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 MIA00LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA149), May 9, 2000: Morphew Pitts Model 12 (N69BM), New Smyrna Bch, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's loss of control in flight for undetermined reasons.

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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