# NTSB investigations: Aerotek PITTS S-2A: Loss of control - in flight

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB FTW97LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA353.md): Aerotek Pitts S-2A · San Marcos, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1997 · N73EW · Destroyed
  > The pilot's loss of control while performing aerobatics resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin. A factor was the lack of altitude available for recovery.
- [NTSB FTW88DPJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DPJ04.md): Aerotek Pitts S-2A · Elk City, OK · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Apr 10, 1988 · N8076 · Destroyed
  > The aircraft was observed doing aerobatics. A stall/spin was initiated from a climbing vertical attitude. Corrective action was not accomplished by the pilot and the aircraft was observed to spin to ground impact. No aircraft malfunctions were found.
- [NTSB CHI84LA385](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA385.md): Pitts S-2A · Oak Harbor, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 1984 · N899 · Destroyed
  > Witness stated plt was performing aerobatic maneuvers. At the top of a loop (aprx 3000 ft AGL) the acft remained inverted, pwr was reduced and an inverted spin was entered. The acft remained in the inverted spin to water impact. The plt does not recall the…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0110201')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0110201&occurrence=250

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