Pitts S2 accident near Broadway, NC
On June 20, 2025, a Pitts S2 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Broadway, NC. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 20, 2025
- Place
- Broadway, NC
- Aircraft
- Pitts S2 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.438°N, 79.017°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250620200356
NTSB summary
On June 20, 2025, at 0900 eastern daylight time, a Pitts Aerobatics S-2B, N79AV, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Broadway, North Carolina. The private pilot and the commercial pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 aerobatic flight. According to preliminary Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) data, the airplane departed the Raleigh Executive Jetport (TTA), Sanford, North Carolina, at 0853. Immediately after departure, the airplane made a left turn to the southwest, followed by a left turn to head southeast. The airplane continued to climb until it reached an altitude of about 4,100 ft mean sea level (msl), and the airplane then turned toward the east. At 0859, the ADS-B data revealed the airplane made a tight, left 360° turn and then continued on its previous course. About 1 minute later, the airplane began a left turn and a steep descent. The last ADS-B datapoint reported the airplane was at 650 ft msl and was approximately 50 ft to the east of the initial impact point. According to witnesses who observed the accident, the airplane was spinning in a nose-down attitude before it impacted terrain. Multiple witnesses also reported that they could hear the engine running the entire duration of flight. A surveillance video captured the accident; however, the airplane was only partially in view for one frame of the video prior to impact. The video showed the airplane in a steep, nose down, attitude before it impacted terrain and a postcrash fire ensued. The in
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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.
