- Date
- March 12, 1988, 17:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- La Porte, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N31441Aerotek Pitts S-2AN7806ZCessna 150C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19880312005271A19880312005272A
- Case key
- 22623
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A pitts S-2A taxing from landing collided with a Cessna 150 that was stopped on the taxiway waiting as #2 for takeoff. The pitts CFI said the duel student, a private plt, was taxing the pitts from the rear seat. The Cessna was seen by the pitts plts during 's' turns as the pitts approached it from behind. A third acft was in front of the Cessna on the taxiway and was not seen by the pitts plts. The third acft announced on the UNICOM freq that it was taxing onto the rwy for takeoff and the pitts plts thought the call was made by the Cessna. They continued to taxi, thinking the Cessna had moved onto the rwy, and the prop of the pitts struck the empennage of the Cessna.
A pitts S-2A taxiing from landing collided with a Cessna 150 that was stopped on the taxiway waiting as #2 for takeoff. The pitts CFI said the dual student, a private plt, was taxiing the pitts from the rear seat. The Cessna was seen by the pitts plts during 's' turns as the pitts approached it from behind. A third acft was in front of the Cessna on the taxiway and was not seen by the pitts plts. The third acft announced on the UNICOM freq that it was taxiing onto the rwy for takeoff and the pitts plts thought the call was made by the Cessna. They continued to taxi, thinking the Cessna had moved onto the rwy, and the prop of the pitts struck the empennage of the Cessna.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N31441
- Reported as
- Aerotek Pitts S-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2172
- Airframe hours
- 1,317
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-H1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- D & E Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1987 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- T41
- Destination
- T41
- Airport
- T41 · La Porte Muni, runway 30, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Registration
- N7806Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059906
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Best Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- T41
- Airport
- T41 · La Porte Muni, runway 30, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N31441
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,025 total · 52 in this make and model · 870 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N7806Z
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 7,700 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.