Aerotek PITTS S-2B accident near North Benton, OH
On April 10, 1993, an Aerotek PITTS S-2B (airplane) was involved in an accident near North Benton, OH. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 10, 1993
- Place
- North Benton, OH
- Aircraft
- Aerotek PITTS S-2B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.021°N, 80.929°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X12211
NTSB summary
HISTORY of FLIGHT On Saturday, April 10, 1993, at about 1847 eastern daylight time, an Aerotek Pitts S-2B, N5306N, piloted by Mr. Anton Satorious, collided with the terrain while performing maneuvers near his private airstrip, at North Benton, Ohio. The airplane was destroyed. The pilot and the one passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR 91. Witnesses saw the airplane complete two inverted spins. On the third inverted spin, the airplane impacted the ground nose first and inverted. Several witnesses gave statements to the Ohio State Police. Mr. Thomas Warner, was at the pilot's home at the time of the accident and wrote in his statement: ...watched Anton [pilot] take off...along with a passenger Sue Maguire (also an acrobatic pilot) they then flew some acrobatic maneuvers. After about 20 min. [sic] the plane started a flat spin, possibly inverted. They had done several flat spins prior to this one. However this time the plane did not pull out to level flight. The spin started at around 3000' at my guess. It spun all the way to the ground... Another witness, Mr. Brett Betz, said: ...aircraft was practicing inverted flat spins first and second flat spin were recovered by fifteen hundred and two thousand [feet above the ground]. [A]third inverted flat spin was done. I heard the power reduced to idle, the aircraft tumbled...and went...[down in a] flat spin until impact... [when asked, by the State Police, if the engine stopped, Mr. Betz answered] no it wa
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE TO ALCOHOL IMPAIRMENT.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
