# NTSB CEN20WA438: Pitts S2, Carcassonne, France, May 30, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 30, 2020, 15:31 local (15:31 UTC)
- Place: Carcassonne, France
- Coordinates: 43.2158, 2.30861
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2158&lon=2.3086&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): 102272
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20WA438
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102272/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20WA438

## 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-GIZZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

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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