Aviat PITTS S-2B N300PS
2 February 2002 · Hawthorne, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 February 2002 at about 19:19 local time, a Aviat PITTS S-2B registered N300PS, operated by Hart Air, was involved in an accident near Hawthorne, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:19
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hawthorne, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Hawthorne Muni (HHR)
- Coordinates
- 33.9269, -118.3364
- Aircraft
- Aviat PITTS S-2B
- Registration
- N300PS
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Hart Air
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Long Beach → Hawthorne
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX02LA074
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
Failure of the student to maintain directional control of the airplane on the landing rollout and failure of the CFI to adequately supervise the flight. A contributing factor was the decreased tension of the right main landing gear shock cord/bungee.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
On the landing rollout the airplane veered to the right of runway centerline and struck a taxi light with the left wing. The purpose of the flight was to practice full stall touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. The student had conducted five touch-and-go takeoffs and landings to a full stall with no discrepancies noted. The sixth touch-and-go landing was the accident landing. The CFI observed that the student had the control stick full aft and was applying left rudder to correct for the drift to the right. As the airplane continued to drift to the right the CFI applied full left rudder; however, the left wing struck the taxi light. During the airplane inspection it was observed that the tension of the right main landing gear bungee cord was slack. No further mechanical anomalies were noted.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Aviat PITTS accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Mar 2002 | Aviat PITTS S-2B | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Oct 2003 | Aviat PITTS S2B | Santa Teresa, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 2003 | Aviat PITTS S-2B | Cromwell, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Sep 2003 | Aviat PITTS S-2C | Mountain View, California, United States | William E. Cornick | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Apr 2003 | Aviat PITTS S-2B | Newport, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 3 Mar 2004 | Aviat PITTS S2B | Parkland, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2002 | Ayres S2R-T34 | Firebaugh, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Nov 2002 | Beechcraft A36TC | San Andreas, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 May 2002 | Sierra RAF 2000 GTX-SE | Lompoc, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 2002 | Trenti RV-4 | Jacumba, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Feb 2002 | Thunder and Colt COLT 120 A | Moreno Valley, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Sep 2002 | Pzl-Bielsko SZD-42-2 JANTAR | Hemet, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |