Pitts S-2A N333BD

4 November 1980 · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 November 1980 at about 13:00 local time, a Pitts S-2A registered N333BD was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 November 1980 at 13:00
Classification: Accident
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Nearest airport: Lakefront
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Pitts S-2A
Registration: N333BD
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2767

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	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

STRUCK CESSNA 172 THAT HAD STOPPED FOR ENG RUN-UP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2767, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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20 Oct 1979	Pitts S-2A N17DG	Bunnell, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
8 May 1978	Pitts S-2A N17DM	Ft.worth, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
29 Oct 1978	Pitts S-2A N80039	Abbeville, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
15 Sep 1983	Pitts S-2A N80041	Green Cove Spr., Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2

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