# Accident 20220806020311A: Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S, Erwinna, PA, August 6, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2022, 13:22 local time
- Place: Erwinna, PA
- Airport: Vansant Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4843° N, 75.0996° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4843&lon=-75.0996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49310, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49310-2024-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S (registry code 0110301, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-special-s-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROTEK PITTS SPECIAL S-1S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,820 total, 8 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA364) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220806020311A

## Narrative

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

THIS ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO A GROUND COLLISION BETWEEN TWO AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT OF THE PITTS, (THIS REPORT AEA0522020) STATED THAT HE MADE A RADIO CALL THAT HE WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 23.  ON ROTATION, THE PITTS RIGHT WING STRUCK THE RIGHT WING OF A WACO (REPORT AEA0522021) THAT CROSSED RUNWAY 23 AS IT WAS TAXING FROM THE FBO RAMP TO INTERSECTING RUNWAY 25.  THE PILOT IN THE WACO STATED THAT HE HEARD THE PITTS TRANSMISSION THAT HE WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 23, BUT IT DIDN?T ?CLICK? THAT THE PITTS WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 23 SINCE THAT RUNWAY IS USED FOR GLIDERS.  CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE RESTRICTED FORWARD VIEW IN THE PITTS DURING TAKE-OFF DUE TO THE ATTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE RESTRICTED VIEWS IN THE WACO DUE TO IT BEING A BIPLANE, AND THE RESTRICTED RUNWAY VIEW DUE TO THE SLOPING GRASS RUNWAYS.

## 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 ERA22LA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA364), Aug 6, 2022: Aerotek Pitts Special S-1S (N49310), Erwinna, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inability of both pilots to see and avoid the collision. Contributing to the accident was the pilot of the red airplane’s decision to utilize the converging runway for takeoff, contrary to the…

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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