# Accident 20020313006009A: Aviat PITTSS2B, Milwaukee, WI, March 13, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2002, 15:40 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1315° N, 88.0074° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1315&lon=-88.0074&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29RG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29RG) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020313006009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 13, 2002, AT 1540 CDT A PITTS S-2B, N29RG, REGISTERED TO RALPH G. GORENSTEIN, COLLIDED WITH A POWER POLE WHILE ATTEMPTING A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF TIMMERMANN AIRPORT, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT, VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TIMMERMANN AIRPORT, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ON MARCH 13, 2002, AT 1537 CDT. THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHICH CAUSED THE FORCED LANDING. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED NO OTHER OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS, OTHER THAN THE ENGINE, WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI02LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA091), Mar 13, 2002: Aviat Pitts S-2B (N29RG), Milwaukee, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the telephone pole.

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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