At 1215 mountain time, a Christen Industries Pitts S-2B crashed in a field three miles north of Longmont, killing the pilot and passenger. Witnesses said the airplane was in a vertical climb, ran out of airspeed, nosed over and came down in a spiral. They also reported hearing the engine surging, then fail. The airplane had departed about 2:15 earlier, and the endurance of a Pitts S-2B with full tanks is about 1.7 hours, but there was no preliminary information about a fuel stop.
April 26, Longmont, Colo. / Pitts S-2B
At 1215 mountain time, a Christen Industries Pitts S-2B crashed in a field three miles north of Longmont, killing the pilot and passenger. Witnesses said the airplane was in a vertical climb, ran out of airspeed, nosed over and came down in a spiral. They also reported hearing the engine surging, then fail. The airplane had departed about 2:15 earlier, and the endurance of a Pitts S-2B with full tanks is about 1.7 hours, but there was no preliminary information about a fuel stop....
Key Takeaways:
- A Christen Industries Pitts S-2B crashed near Longmont, Colorado, killing both the pilot and passenger.
- Witnesses reported the aircraft performed a vertical climb, lost airspeed, nosed over, and spiraled to the ground, preceded by engine surging and failure.
- The flight duration of approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes exceeded the Pitts S-2B's typical full-tank endurance of 1.7 hours, raising questions about fuel status.
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