# NTSB CEN20WA409: Pitts S1, N25LM, Kulmbach, Germany, September 20, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 20, 2020, 10:05 local (10:05 UTC)
- Place: Kulmbach, Germany
- Coordinates: 50.106402, 11.441424 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=50.1064&lon=11.4414&mi=10
- 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: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102012
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20WA409
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102012/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20WA409

## 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: [Maness Lynn PITTS S1S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=72206DN), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25LM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25LM-2021-01-09), registration cancelled 2021-01-09, S/N LM101, built 1993 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Pitts S1 (S)
- Registry model: [Maness Lynn PITTS S1S](https://openairdocs.org/model/maness-lynn-pitts-s1s) (registry code 72206DN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming AEIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (registry code 41522, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: LM101
- Year built: 1993
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Plane Fun Inc Tr Trustee
- Registered owner: Plane Fun Inc Tr Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Departed: edqk

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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