- Date
- March 24, 1993, 13:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N876CBPitts S2B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930324006729A
- Case key
- 18277
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain a visual lookout. A factor was: the student pilot's restricted visual lookout.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The instructor decided to simulate a power loss by closing the throttle. The student responded by turning towards the active runway. When it became apparent the airplane was at too low an altitude to glide to the runway, the instructor told the student to add power and she did. The instructor said he saw trees on both sides of the airplane that the airplane would clear. He did not, however, see a tree directly in front of the airplane. The airplane struck the tree. The instructor took control and landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N876CB
- Reported as
- Pitts S2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5033
- Airframe hours
- 1,660
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flatirons Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- New Attitude Aerobatics, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 30, 1992 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- 1V5
- Destination
- 1V5
- Airport
- 1V5 · Boulder Municipal, runway 8, 4,100 × 40 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 14,100 total · 503 in this make and model · 6,658 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N876CB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.