# NTSB investigations: Pitts S-1T

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 ERA25LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA381.md): Pitts S-1T · Danbury, CT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 2, 2025 · N742MA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout, which resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB WPR25FA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA253.md): Pitts S-1T · Goodyear, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Aug 12, 2025 · N51HC · Substantial damage
  > On August 12, 2025, about 1019 mountain standard time, a Pitts S-1T, N51HC, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Goodyear, Arizona. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal…
- [NTSB CEN22LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA123.md): Pitts S-1T · Spring, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Feb 17, 2022 · N731FL · Substantial damage
  > The failure of maintenance personnel to properly connect the throttle cable, which led to the pilot’s inability to control engine power during the initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s misjudgment of the headwind during the forced…

## 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 ('7220404'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7220404

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