# Accident 20010821027059A: Aviat PITTSS2B, Shirley, NY, August 21, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2001, 12:55 local time
- Place: Shirley, NY
- Airport: Brookhaven Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8308° N, 72.8606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8308&lon=-72.8606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N225SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N225SD-2003-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat PITTS S-2B (registry code 2210308, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-pitts-s-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT PITTSS2B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01FA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010821027059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/12/01, AT 1255 EST, THIS AIRCRAFT CRASHED LANDED ON THE APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 24 AT BROOKHAVEN CALABRO AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING USED FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION. WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING BASE TO FINAL AND OVERSHOT RUNWAY 24 TO THE EAST AND SEEMED TO BE LOW AND SLOW. A RADIO TRANSMISSION WAS HEARD BY A WITNESS THAT INDICATED THAT ONE OF THE PILOTS CALLED OUT "SIMULATED ENGINE OUT." THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED LANDED APPROXIMATELY 1000 YARDS FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 24. MR. JAKLENEC SUFFERED INJURIES AND MR. PERNER WAS FATAL.

## 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 NYC01FA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA212), Aug 21, 2001: Pitts S-2B (N225SD), Shirley, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot under instruction's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, and the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action during a simulated engine-out approach, which resulted in an inadvertent…

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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