Pitts 11 accident near Iona, ID
On September 18, 1999, a Pitts 11 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Iona, ID. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 18, 1999
- Place
- Iona, ID
- Aircraft
- Pitts 11 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 43.520°N, 111.930°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19887
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 18, 1999, approximately 0920 mountain daylight time, a Pitts (Aero Design Eleven, Inc.) model 11, N11PU, registered to Starting Line Products, Inc., and being flown by a commercial pilot, was destroyed during an in-flight collision with terrain following a loss of control while maneuvering approximately six nautical miles east of Iona, Idaho. The pilot was fatally injured, and a post-crash fire consumed the aircraft. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The flight, which was personal, was to have been operated under 14CFR91, and originated from Fanning Field, Idaho Falls, Idaho, earlier on the morning of the accident. According to deputies from the Bonneville County Sheriff's Department, a video crew, hired by the pilot, had just terminated videotaping the aircraft before the accident sequence. A passer-by, however, had videotaped the accident including about five minutes of maneuvers prior to the crash. A copy of this videotape was reviewed and showed the following events: The aircraft was videotaped executing two sets of maneuvers which were identical with the exception of the recovery at the end of the second set. In the second routine, the aircraft was observed to initiate a series of two full aileron rolls (counter-clockwise when viewed from behind). The rolls were commenced out of a shallow dive followed by a slight nose up pitch from an altitude of not more then 100-200 feet above ground on an approximate northbound heading (refer to still video image #1). The second full aileron roll was immedia
Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's delayed recovery from a snap roll. A contributing factor was the low altitude at which the maneuver was initiated.
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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.
