Date:	Sunday 30 August 2015
Time:	14:42 LT
Type:	Pitts S-2B Special
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	D-EZZT
MSN:	5327
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Friesach-Hirt Airfield - LOKH -   Austria
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:	LOKH
Destination airport:	LOKH
Investigating agency:	UUS Austria
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Crashed during a local airshow, while perfoming aerobatics. The pilot (50) was declared dead on the scene. The airshow was cancelled after the crash.

Cause:
The aircraft accident most likely occurred due to the fact that the aerobatic manoeuvre was terminated lower than expected and that the remaining altitude was not sufficient to flare the aircraft before it collided with the ground.

https://www.bmvit.gv.at/verkehr/sub/luftfahrt/berichte/motorflugzeuge/2015/150830_pitts_s2b_lokh_85229.pdf
http://kaernten.orf.at/news/stories/2729019/
http://www.krone.at/469631
http://johnhumephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v78/p1651092880-3.jpg
Low pass before incident:
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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Aug-2015 15:04	Medevac	Added
30-Aug-2015 15:14	harro	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
30-Aug-2015 17:22	Anon.	Updated [Registration, ]
30-Aug-2015 17:23	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
30-Aug-2015 19:45	harro	Updated [Embed code, ]
30-Aug-2015 19:45	harro	Updated [Narrative, ]
01-Sep-2015 05:50	Iceman29	Updated [Source, Embed code, ]
01-Sep-2015 09:38	Anon.	Updated [Location, ]
02-Sep-2015 13:46	Alpine Flight	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative, ]
29-Sep-2017 19:39	harro	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ]
29-Sep-2017 19:40	harro	Updated [Embed code, ]