# Accident 20130716013509A: Christen Industries Inc PITTS S-2B, Dalton, OH, July 16, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2013, 19:40 local time
- Place: Dalton, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8714° N, 81.8861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8714&lon=-81.8861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N519ZB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N519ZB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Christen Industries PITTS S-2B (registry code 2210006, https://openairdocs.org/model/christen-industries-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: CHRISTEN INDUSTRIES INC PITTS S-2B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 443 total, 125 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA467](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA467) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130716013509A

## Narrative

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

N519ZB DEPARTED AKRON FULTON AIRPORT, WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTING AS PIC WITH A NEW STUDENT PILOT, EN ROUTE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AEROBATIC BOX LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  N519ZB ENTERED THE AEROBATIC BOX AND PERFORMED MULTIPLE STEEP TURNS TO WARM UP AND THEN INITIATED THREE UPRIGHT LEFT TURNING SPINS WITH NORMAL RECOVERY PROCEDURES FROM AN ALTITUDE OF 5,000 FEET MSL.  DURING THE THIRD SPIN RECOVERY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO GIVE POWER BUT OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT NOT ONLY FAILED TO PRODUCE POWER BUT THE PROPELLER HAD STOPPED ITS ROTATION.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMMEDIATELY PITCHED FOR BEST GLIDE SPEED AND TURNED HIS AIRCRAFT TOWARDS HIS GRASS STRIP.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE EMERGENCY RESTARTS PER THE POH BUT TO NO AVAIL.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOCUSED ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GRASS STRIP.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD MADE SEVERAL ?S? TURNS TO BLEED OFF SOME ALTITUDE AND LANDED ON THE MIDDLE OF THE NORTH SOD, BOUNCED, AND LANDED ON THE REMAINING NORTH SOD HEADING DOWN HILL.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO USE HEAVY BRAKING IN THE GRASS BUT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT STOP.  AIRCRAFT LEFT WING STRUCK A UTILITY POLE AT THE NORTH END OF THE GRASS SOD, WHICH FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT LATERALLY OVER A CULVERT, COMING TO REST ON AN EAST/WEST PUBLIC ROAD.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.  BOTH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND STUDENT PILOT WALKED AWAY UNHARMED.

## 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 CEN13LA467](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA467), Jul 16, 2013: Christen Industries Pitts S-2B (N519ZB), Dalton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded…

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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