# Accident 20090508005869A: Pitts S2B, Weber Falls, OK, May 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2009, 18:15 local time
- Place: Weber Falls, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6027V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6027V-2015-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pitts Aerobatics S-2B (registry code 7220450, https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-aerobatics-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: PITTS S2B
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090508005869A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE PILOT WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO A PRIVATE PILOT (STUDENT) IN THE AREA SE OF MUSKOGEE, OK AREA, THE LESSONS BEING CONDUCTED WERE A SERIES OF STALLS.  AFTER THE THIRD STALL THE PIC STATED THAT HE HAD JUST LET THE AIRCRAFT GET TOO SLOW AND TOO LOW AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN MUSHING AS IT CONTINUED TO DESCEND.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE INITIAL CONTACT WITH TREE TOPS ALONG THE LOWERING TERRAIN AND THEN COLLIDED NOSE FIRST INTO TERRAIN ALONG A TREE FILLED HILSIDE.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO EXTRACT THEMSELVES FROM THE WRECKAGE AND WERE THEN ASSISTED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N6027V (1)

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

- [Accident 19980423015479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980423015479A), Apr 23, 1998: Child S2BPITTS (N6027V), Greenfield, CA, Substantial damage. Veered off runway landing. Struck brush and ground looped. (.4)on April 23, 1998, at 1100 hours pacific daylight time, a pitts S-2B, N6027V, struck high brush…

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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