GREEN COVE SPR., FL, USA
N80041
PITTS S-2A
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AND WAS DESTROYED DURING A PLEASURE FLT. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE AND THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND WHILE IN A STEEP LEFT BANK, NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT AND FORWARD SPEED. THE ACFT BOUNCED ABOUT 15 FT INTO THE AIR AND CARTWHEELED 50 FT INTO A WOODED AREA. NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND TO INDICATE ANY PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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