CEN20WA438

NTSB accident investigation · Pitts S2 · Carcassonne, France · May 30, 2020

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
May 30, 2020, 15:31 local (15:31 UTC)
Place
Carcassonne, France
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Maneuvering
Aircraft
F-GIZZPitts S2
Defining event
Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Case key
102272

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Loss of control in flightManeuvering-aerobaticsAll aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
F-GIZZ
Reported as
Pitts S2 (A)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
2112
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Unknown
Departed
Carcassonne
Destination
Same as departure