# Accident 20090516006271A: Amtr PITTSMODEL12, Burlington/Mou, WA, May 16, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2009, 17:55 local time
- Place: Burlington/Mou, WA
- Airport: Skagit Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4736° N, 122.4208° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4736&lon=-122.4208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N133GT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSMODEL12
- Reported engine: VEDENY M14P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,649 total, 50 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09FA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090516006271A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE RETURNING TO THE SKAGIT REGIONAL AIRPORT FROM A PERSONAL PART 91 FLIGHT IN THE PILOTS PITTS MODEL 12 AIRCRAFT, WHEN THE PILOT OF THE PITTS LANDED ON TOP OF A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT CONDUCTING A PART 135 ON-DEMAND CHARTER.  THE PITTS FLIPPED INVERTED AND CAME TO REST IN FRONT OF THE CESSNA.  THE CESSNA SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND NOSE WHICH CAME IN CONTRACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  THE PILOT OF PITTS STATED HE MADE ALL RADIO CALLS BUT HEARD NO RESPONSE FROM ANY AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.

## 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 WPR09FA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA246), May 17, 2009: Kilroy Pitts (N133GT), Burlington, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot of another airplane to maintain adequate visual lookout during the approach.

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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