# Accident 20080813857619A: Aerote PITSSPECIALS, Crawford, CO, August 13, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2008, 10:00 local time
- Place: Crawford, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7039° N, 107.6436° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7039&lon=-107.6436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N362JW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROTE PITSSPECIALS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,035 total, 425 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080813857619A

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF ROLL RAISED TAIL AT APPROXIMATELY 60 KNOTS AT WHICH TIME EITHER A GUST OR WAKE TURBULENCE FROM AND AG-CAT TOWING A GLIDER WEATHERVANED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVEMENT AND NOSED OVER IN PLOWED DIRT.

## 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 DEN08CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA142), Aug 13, 2008: Aerotek Pitts Special S-1S (N362JW), Crawford, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. Contributing to the accident were wind gusts and rough terrain.

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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