# NTSB CEN17WA325: Aviat Pitts S-2B, Holmestrand, Norway, August 22, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 22, 2017, 10:25 local (10:25 UTC)
- Place: Holmestrand, Norway
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95874
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17WA325
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95874/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17WA325

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 22, 2017, at 1025 hours universal coordinated time, an Aviat Pitts S-2B, Norwegian registration LN-PTS, impacted the terrain following a loss of control while performing aerobatic maneuvers near Holmestrand, Norway. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The local flight departed from the Sandefjord AirportTorp (ENTO), Norway.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN). This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by or obtained from the government of Norway. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Accident Investiation Board Norway Postboks 213 2001 Lillestrøm Norway http:/www.aibn.no email: post@aibn.no

## Aircraft

- Registration: LN-PTS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT Pitts S-2B
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown

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.

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