# NTSB investigations: Christen Industries PITTS S-2B: Loss of control - on ground/water

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 NYC07CA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA198.md): Christen Industries Pitts S-2B · Springfield, TN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 19, 2007 · N487J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during landing.
- [NTSB LAX93LA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA359.md): Christen Industries Pitts S-2B · Hawthorne, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1993 · N88EW · Substantial damage
  > dual student's failure to maintain directional control and improper use of the rudder and the CFI's inadequate supervision of the flight.
- [NTSB MIA92LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA013.md): Christen Industries Pitts S-2B · Sebring, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 13, 1991 · N69SZ · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve and collision with tall grass beside the runway. The tall grass was a related factor.
- [NTSB MIA87LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA049.md): Christen Industries Pitts S-2B · Gulfport, MS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 14, 1986 · N117CL · Substantial damage
  > The acft touched down at a high rate of speed with a left quartering tailwind at the halfway point on the 2700 ft rwy. The acft ran off of the right side of the rwy and the plt regained control getting the acft back onto the rwy. The acft then overran the end…

## 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 ('2210006')
    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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2210006&occurrence=260

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