Pitts S-1T accident near Goodyear, AZ
On August 12, 2025, a Pitts S-1T (airplane) was involved in an accident near Goodyear, AZ. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 12, 2025
- Place
- Goodyear, AZ
- Aircraft
- Pitts S-1T · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.250°N, 112.372°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250814200772
NTSB summary
On August 12, 2025, about 1019 mountain standard time, a Pitts S-1T, N51HC, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Goodyear, Arizona. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. The pilot did not make radio contact with the air traffic control tower, nor was there any evidence he was in radio contact with anyone prior to or during the accident flight. There was no automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data for the accident flight. Recorded radar data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed a primary target that started near the airplane’s known departure point at 1014:47 and ended near the accident site at 1019:37. The flight track was consistent with the airplane departing from Goodyear and flying south. At 1019:23, the last 14 seconds of data was consistent with the airplane progressively increasing its bank angle in a left turn, that was also consistent with a spiral (see figure 1 below). There was no altitude data. Figure 1: Primary radar data Investigators compiled a comparison of the airplane’s past ADS-B data and the radar primaries from the accident flight. When the pilot flew aerobatics, he appeared to regularly fly south to the aerobatic box whose track was similar in appearance to that of the accident flight track. Additionally, there were several occasions where the first maneuver was a sharp left turn, also similar to the last radar returns. (see figures 2 and 3 below). Figure 2: Accident flight path compared to the flig
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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.
