What happened
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On may 26, 2017, about 1230 central daylight time, a Aerotek pitts s 2A biplane, N67PN, impacted terrain during a descent near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. The purpose of the flight was part 91 recreational flight. The pilot and pilot rated passenger were fatally injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage during the impact. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot as a 14 code of federal regulations 91
Personal flight. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area about the time of the accident, and the flight was not operated on a flight plan. The local flight originated from the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport (sbm), near Sheboygan, Wisconsin, about 1210.
The rear seated 66-year-OLD pilot held a federal aviation administration (FAA) airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane multiengine land rating. He also held commercial pilot privileges in single-engine land and single-engine sea airplane. He held type ratings on Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 airplanes and Boeing 757, 767, and 777 airplanes. The pilot held an FAA first-class medical certificate issued on April 20, 2017, with a limitation to wear corrective lenses. The pilot reported on the application for that medical certificate that he had accumulated 16,300 hours of total flight time and 150 hours of flight time in six months before the application.
The airplane came to rest inverted on plowed terrain. The airplane's heading was about 300 magnetic and it was about three nautical miles and 266 from sbm. There was no post impact
Ground fire. There were depression witness marks under the nose, upper wing, and rudder. The airplane remained intact. The engine compartment, fuselage, upper wings, and empannage
Exhibited crushing and buckling consistent with the ground impact. The engine compartment exhibited rearward crushing. Post crash examination revealed no aircraft abnormalities.
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 26, 2017, ABOUT 1230 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A AEROTEK PITTS S 2A BIPLANE, N67PN, IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING A DESCENT NEAR SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WISCONSIN. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS PART 91 RECREATIONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT AND PILOT RATED PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE IMPACT. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS 91
PERSONAL FLIGHT. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA ABOUT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND THE FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATED ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SHEBOYGAN COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (SBM), NEAR SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, ABOUT 1210.
THE REAR SEATED 66-YEAR-OLD PILOT HELD A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND RATING. HE ALSO HELD COMMERCIAL PILOT PRIVILEGES IN SINGLE-ENGINE LAND AND SINGLE-ENGINE SEA AIRPLANE. HE HELD TYPE RATINGS ON MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9 AIRPLANES AND BOEING 757, 767, AND 777 AIRPLANES. THE PILOT HELD AN FAA FIRST-CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED ON APRIL 20, 2017, WITH A LIMITATION TO WEAR CORRECTIVE LENSES. THE PILOT REPORTED ON THE APPLICATION FOR THAT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE THAT HE HAD ACCUMULATED 16,300 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT TIME AND 150 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME IN SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE APPLICATION.
THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INVERTED ON PLOWED TERRAIN. THE AIRPLANE'S HEADING WAS ABOUT 300 MAGNETIC AND IT WAS ABOUT THREE NAUTICAL MILES AND 266 FROM SBM. THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT
GROUND FIRE. THERE WERE DEPRESSION WITNESS MARKS UNDER THE NOSE, UPPER WING, AND RUDDER. THE AIRPLANE REMAINED INTACT. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, FUSELAGE, UPPER WINGS, AND EMPANNAGE
EXHIBITED CRUSHING AND BUCKLING CONSISTENT WITH THE GROUND IMPACT. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT EXHIBITED REARWARD CRUSHING. POST CRASH EXAMINATION REVEALED NO AIRCRAFT ABNORMALITIES.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.