GAA23WA096

NTSB accident investigation · Pitts S1S · Trenque Lauquen, Argentina · March 4, 2023

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
March 4, 2023, 19:30 local (22:30 UTC)
Place
Trenque Lauquen, Argentina · On Airport
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Maneuvering
Aircraft
LX-X768Pitts S1S
Defining event
Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Parties
JST
Case key
106893

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
LX-X768
Reported as
Pitts S1S
Category
Airplane, amateur-built
Serial number
446-H
Built
1990
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Special, Experimental (Special)
Departed
LAU · Trenque Lauque
Destination
LAU · Trenque Lauque
Airport
LAU · Aeroclub de Planeadores Trenque Lauquen