Pitts S2 accidents
The NTSB database holds 11 accidents and incidents involving the Pitts S2, recorded between 1979 to 2025. 7 of them were fatal (64%), and 10 people died.
The deadliest year was 2019, with 5 deaths.
The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (1 records).
Most of these records are from United States, South Africa and France.
3 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.
11
Records
7
Fatal
10
Deaths
64%
Share fatal
1979 to 2025
Period
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8 of 11 have coordinates
By decade
Where these happened
Operators involved
All 11 records by number of deaths, then by date
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Pitts S2 | Broadway, North Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 24 Aug 2019 | Pitts S2 | Stonor Oxforshire, United Kingdom | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 16 Aug 2019 | Pitts S2 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | Drug Fighter LLC | Fatal | 2 |
| 30 May 2020 | Pitts S2 | Carcassonne, France | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Jun 2019 | Pitts S2 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Sep 2016 | Pitts S2 | Seoul, Republic Of Korea | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 30 Aug 2015 | Pitts S2 | Friesach, Austria | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Apr 2020 | Pitts S2 | Fort Worth, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Sep 2019 | Pitts S2 | Morrisville, Vermont, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Jan 2019 | Pitts S2 | Kliprivier, South Africa | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 1979 | Pitts S2 | Garnett, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |