# Accident 20250620008429A: Pitts Aerobatics S-2B, Broadway, NC, June 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2025, 09:00 local time
- Place: Broadway, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4377° N, 79.0169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4377&lon=-79.0169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pitts Aerobatics S-2B (registry code 7220450, https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-aerobatics-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: PITTS AEROBATICS S-2B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 27 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25FA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250620008429A

## Narrative

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

A PITTS AEROBATICS S-2B DEPARTED RALEIGH EXECUTIVE JETPORT (KTTA) WITH TWO PEOPLE ON-BOARD AT 0853 ON 06/20/2025 FOR A PERSONAL FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER DEPARTURE AND FLEW SOUTH THEN TURNED IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AND CLIMEBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 4100' MSL.  AT 0859, THE ADS-B

DATA REVEALED THE AIRPLANE MADE A TIGHT, LEFT 360° TURN AND THEN CONTINUED ON ITS PREVIOUS COURSE. ABOUT 1 MINUTE LASTER, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A LEFT TURN AND A STEEP DESCENT AND DID NOT RECOVER. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A SMALL EMBANKMENT BETWENN TWO STRUCTURES SEVEN MINUTES AFTER FLIGHT BEGAN. IT CAME TO REST ON A GRAVEL AND CONCRETE DRIVEWAY OF A BOAT SALES COMPANY. A POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH PERSONS ON-BOARD PERISHED. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES WHO OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRPLANE WAS SPINNING IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE BEFORE INPACTING TERRAIN. MULTIPLE WITNESSES ALSO REPORTED THAT THEY COULD HEAR THE ENGINE RUNNING THE ENTIRE DURATION OF FLIGHT.

## 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 ERA25FA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA231), Jun 20, 2025: Pitts S2 (N79AV), Broadway, NC, substantial damage, 2 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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