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| Date: | Sunday 12 July 2009 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  Pitts S-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N900K |
| MSN: | 1JM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Großostheim -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The airplane was performing aerobatics when it came in too low and struck a car on the road to the airport and crashed some 50 meters later in a field, flipping over. Two occupants inside the car and the pilot sustained minor injured and one person in the car sustained moderate injuries.
Sources:
1. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=900K
2. http://www.faz.net/s/RubCD175863466D41BB9A6A93D460B81174/Doc~E8C6C0800BB5E496E902CF24E59A1F250~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html?rss_googlenews
3. https://www.main-echo.de/_/tools/diaview.html?_CMTREE=17480&_CMELEM=0
4. https://www.main-echo.de/regional/stadt-kreis-aschaffenburg/art3986,842496
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 August 1987 | N900K | Private | 0 | Meade, KS |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jul-2009 09:45 | Bleiente | Added |
| 12-Jul-2009 11:39 | harro | Updated |
| 12-Jul-2009 13:59 | slowkid | Updated |
| 12-Jul-2009 14:09 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 14-Jul-2009 11:52 | harro | Updated |
| 07-Sep-2010 15:12 | Heimo Ernst Weiss | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 31-Mar-2015 21:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, ] |
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