# Accident 20140812015089A: Christen Industries Inc PITTS S-2B, Sarasota, FL, August 12, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2014, 11:50 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2322° N, 82.5242° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2322&lon=-82.5242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50XV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50XV-2016-07-26) (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-D4A5 (registry code 41799, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-d4a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHRISTEN INDUSTRIES INC PITTS S-2B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540-D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 21,625 total, 196 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA383) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140812015089A

## Narrative

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

ON 8/12/2014 THE PILOT WAS OPERATING AIRCRAFT N50XV AND HE DEPARTED SARASOTA AIRPORT AT AROUND 11:05 AM ACCOMPANIED BY A PASSENGER.  THE PILOT STATED THEY DEPARTED SARASOTA AIRPORT HEADING SOUTH TOWARDS VENICE AIRPORT. THEY WERE IN THE AIR DOING SOME AEROBATIC MANEUVERS FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES WHEN THE PILOT DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO SARASOTA AIRPORT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE FLYING AT ABOUT 5000 FT AND ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM SHORE PARALLEL TO SIESTA KEY WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT.  THE PILOT TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT IT WOULD NOT START, AT THAT POINT HE DECLARED MAYDAY ON FREQUENCY 119.65 AND DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON THE BEACH.  AS THEY APPROACH SIESTA KEY BEACH HE SAW UNBRELLAS ON THE BEACH AND DECIDED TO TURN SOUTH TO AVOID ANY PEOPLE ON THE BEACH.  HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON AN EMPTY BEACH ON THE REAR OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE SAND AND TURNED TO THE RIGHT SIDE TOWARDS THE WATER.  THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND ENDED UPSIDE DOWN IN THE WATER LINE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER GOT OUT THE AIRCRAFT WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ERA14LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA383), Aug 12, 2014: Christen Industries Pitts S (N50XV), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the flight instructor's inadequate preflight fuel planning.

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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