Aviat PITTS S2B N893DC

Summary

On 9 August 2014 at about 13:45 local time, a Aviat PITTS S2B registered N893DC, operated by Denair Inc, was involved in an accident near Lakeville, New York, United States. One person was 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.

Date

9 August 2014 at 13:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lakeville, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Lakeville (NY15)

Coordinates

42.8264, -77.7144

Aircraft

Aviat PITTS S2B

Registration

N893DC

Category

Airplane

Year built

1990

Engines

1

Operator

Denair Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Canandaigua → Lakeville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA14CA379

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's decision to favor the right side of the relatively narrow turf runway while landing, resulting in inadvertent contact with tall grass and a berm.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the aerobatic, tailwheel-equipped biplane planned to attend a fly-in event at the destination airport. As he overflew the 2,500-foot-long by 60-foot-wide private turf runway, he noted that numerous airplanes were parked along its left side, and elected to favor the right side of the runway during the landing. During the landing roll the pilot felt a "tickle" in the control stick, and the airplane veered right into the tall grass and berm located along the runway's right edge. The airplane subsequently rolled left and right, striking both wingtips on the ground in the process, resulting in substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.