# Accident 20030201001829A: Aviat PITTSS2B, Long Beach, CA, February 1, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2003, 10:51 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8183° N, 118.1528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8183&lon=-118.1528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N300PS-2003-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat PITTS S-2B (registry code 2210403, 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 LAX03LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030201001829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 01, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1051 PST, A PITTS MODEL NUMBER S-2B, N300PS, NOSED OVER DURING THE TAKE OFF PORTION OF A TOUCH-AND-GO AT LONG BEACH DAUGHERTY FIELD (LGB), LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. THE PITTS WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY POST IMPACT FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING EAST, 180 DEGREES FROM IT'S ORIGINAL FLIGHT PATH.

## 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 LAX03LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA081), Feb 1, 2003: Pitts S-2B (N300PS), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive pull up, which resulted in a failure to obtain/maintain flying speed and a subsequent stall/mush.

## Other reports on N300PS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020202002769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020202002769A), Feb 2, 2002: Aviat PITTSS2B (N300PS), Hawthorne, CA, No damage. (-23) On February 2, 2002, at approximately 11:19 pacific standard time, an Aviat pitts S2B sustained substantial damage to the left lower wing tip after a…

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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