Pitts aircraft accidents

136 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Pitts aircraft (1982–2026), with 41 people killed and 19 seriously injured. 24% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 57%, followed by pilot or crew (43%).
• Recorded accidents went from 8 in 1982 to 5 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Pitts S-2B, Bozeman, MT (Dec 7, 1997) · 3 killed
2. Pitts S-2A, Green Cove Spr., FL (Sep 15, 1983) · 2 killed
3. Pitts S2B, Springfield, IL (Aug 5, 1990) · 2 killed
4. Pitts S-2B, Steamboat Sprgs, CO (Jul 5, 1999) · 2 killed
5. Pitts S2, New Orleans, LA (Aug 16, 2019) · 2 killed
6. Pitts 12, Ocklawaha, FL (Aug 9, 2021) · 2 killed
7. Pitts S2, Broadway, NC (Jun 20, 2025) · 2 killed
8. Pitts S-2B, Shirley, NY (Aug 21, 2001) · 1 killed
9. Pitts S2, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, CA (Jun 16, 2019) · 1 killed
10. Pitts S1-S, Fallbrook, CA (Jul 4, 1982) · 1 killed

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Other aircraft makers

• Cessna · 24,148 accidents
• Piper · 13,241 accidents
• Beech · 4,780 accidents
• Bell · 2,250 accidents
• Boeing · 1,579 accidents
• Robinson · 1,575 accidents
• Mooney · 1,237 accidents
• Grumman · 1,000 accidents
• Air Tractor · 932 accidents
• Bellanca · 918 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.