REDLANDS, CA, USA
N6JP
PITTS S2A
N80053
PITTS S2A
THE ACFT WERE TO PERFORM & THE TWO PLTS AGREED TO A STAGGERED TAKEOFF WITH THE SECOND PLT COUNTING TO 5 PRIOR TO COMMENCING HIS TAKEOFF. THEY POSITIONED THEMSELVES ABREAST OF EACH OTHER ON THE RWY. THE PLT OF N6JP COMMENCED HER TAKEOFF FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 75 FT WIDE RWY. UPON REACHING FULL THROTTLE, SHE EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER. SHE RETARDED THE THROTTLE & THE ENG BEGAN TO OPERATE PROPERLY. AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO APPLY FULL POWER, HER ACFT WASSTRUCK BY N80053. THE PLT OF N80053 HAD COUNTED TO 5 AFTER N6JP BEGAN ITS TAKEOFF ROLL. AFTER ABOUT 50 FT OF THE TAKEOFFGROUND RUN, IN A 3-POINT ATTITUDE, N80053 COLLIDED WITH N6JP. THE COLLISION WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THERE IS NO FORWARD VISIBILITY IN A PITTS S2A WHEN THE TAIL WHEEL IS ON THE GROUND.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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