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Pitts S2A N6JP

3 June 1984 · Redlands, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 3 June 1984 at about 19:07 local time, a Pitts S2A registered N6JP was involved in an accident near Redlands, California, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:07
Classification
Accident
Location
Redlands, California, United States
Nearest airport
Redlands Municipal (L12)
Coordinates
34.0010, -117.1203
Aircraft
Pitts S2A
Registration
N6JP
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX84LA331

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 1 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT WERE TO PERFORM & THE TWO PLTS AGREED TO A STAGGERED TAKEOFF WITH THE SECOND PLT COUNTING TO 5 PRIOR TO COMMENCING HIS TAKEOFF. THEY POSITIONED THEMSELVES ABREAST OF EACH OTHER ON THE RWY. THE PLT OF N6JP COMMENCED HER TAKEOFF FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 75 FT WIDE RWY. UPON REACHING FULL THROTTLE, SHE EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER. SHE RETARDED THE THROTTLE & THE ENG BEGAN TO OPERATE PROPERLY. AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO APPLY FULL POWER, HER ACFT WASSTRUCK BY N80053. THE PLT OF N80053 HAD COUNTED TO 5 AFTER N6JP BEGAN ITS TAKEOFF ROLL. AFTER ABOUT 50 FT OF THE TAKEOFFGROUND RUN, IN A 3-POINT ATTITUDE, N80053 COLLIDED WITH N6JP. THE COLLISION WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THERE IS NO FORWARD VISIBILITY IN A PITTS S2A WHEN THE TAIL WHEEL IS ON THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Aircraft involved

Aircraft Registration Operator Damage
Pitts S2A S2A N6JP - Destroyed
Pitts S2A S2A N80053 - Substantial

Other Pitts S2A accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
27 Jun 1986 Pitts S2A
N70JJ
Peru, Illinois, United States - No injuries -
24 Oct 1987 Pitts S2A
N44LH
Ramseur, North Carolina, United States Jeffrey W. White No injuries -
24 Jun 1980 Pitts S2A
C-GVHI
Salt St Marie, Michigan, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
1 Jul 1980 Pitts S2A
N21CM
Redlands, California, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
20 Apr 1979 Pitts S2A
N8072
Moss Landing, California, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
20 Jul 1979 Pitts S2A
N60LG
Ottawa, Kansas, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -

All 10 records for this type

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