- Date
- May 19, 2013, 10:15 local (10:15 UTC)
- Place
- Adana, Türkiye
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Aircraft
- TC-AYTPitts S-2B
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 87123
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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.
Factual narrative
On May 19, 2013, at 1015 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Pitts S-2B, Turkish registration TC-AYT, operated by a private owner, was destroyed following a collision with terrain during aerobatic flight near Adana, Turkey. The pilot was fatally injured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Turkey. Further information can be obtained from: Directorate General of Civil Aviation Gazi Mustafa Kemal Bulvari No:128 06570 Maltepe Turkey Email: meakcetin@shgm.gov.tr This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Turkey.
Aircraft
- Registration
- TC-AYT
- Reported as
- Pitts S-2B
- Serial number
- 5305
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Ayjet Anadolu Yildizlari A.S
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 17, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 52 KB in all.