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    Airframe Family: Pitts Special
    Latest Model:S-2C Special
    Construction Number:6020
    Last Civil Registration:N116PS
    Compressed ID:Pitts S-2C cn 6020 cr N116PS
    Latest Owner or Location:Heritage Insurance Group Inc, Port Orange, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1999

    Constructed as a S-2C.

    15 February 1999

    Certificate of airworthiness for N116PS issued.

    12 April 1999


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland FL

    15 April 1999

    To Jerry Supple Aircraft Sales Inc, Winston-Salem NC with new c/r N116PS.

    26 September 2001

    To Heritage Insurance Group Inc, Port Orange, FL keeping c/r N116PS.

    25 September 2002

    Crashed.
    There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at the Indianapolis Terry Airport (TYQ) Sheridan, IN, United States while maneuvering. The airframe was destroyed. The Aviat Pitts S-2C was seen performing a tail slide when it fell backwards and entered an inverted spin from an altitude of about 2500 feet above ground level. A witness stated that the airplane had been making smoke during aerobatics, but not during the tail slide...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    19 July 2017

    Civil registration, N116PS, cancelled.
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