Aerotek PITTS S-2A accident near Shelbyville, Illinois, April 1, 2000
On April 1, 2000 at about 4:30 pm local time, a Aerotek PITTS S-2A, registered N224V, was substantially damaged in an accident near Shelbyville, Illinois (Shelby County airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
the proper touchdown point and proper alignment not attained by the pilot. Contributing factors were the unmarked golf cart, color, and lack of a radio. Additional factors were the runway maintenance performed by the driver of the golf cart and the NOTAM(s) not issued by airport personnel.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- April 1, 2000 · about 4:30 pm local time
- Place
- Shelbyville, Illinois · Shelby County · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Aerotek PITTS S-2A · all PITTS S-2As on the register
- Registration
- N224V · registry record · serial 2216
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The airplane impacted a golf cart during a grass field landing on runway 14. The golf cart driver was spraying weeds near the edge of runway 14. Ground scarring preceding the accident site began at a point located near the centerline of runway 22 and offset 40 feet to the west from runway 14's left edge. The ground scarring continued to a pre-impact location of the golf cart and continued onto runway 14 where both the accident airplane and golf cart came to rest. The green colored golf cart was used as an airport service vehicle and was not equipped with lighting, flags or a radio. Advisory circular 150/5210-5B, Painting, Marking, and Lighting of Vehicles used on an Airport, provides guidance, specifications, and standards for the painting, marking, and lighting of vehicles operating in the airport operations area. There were no local Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) issued for runway/airport maintenance.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- ON GROUND/WATER COLLISION WITH OBJECT during landing
Pilot
- Ratings: single-engine land, none, APLN, none
- Flight time: 906 hours in all; 64 in this make and model; 40 in the last 90 days; 28 in the last 30 days; 818 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: class 2
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,319 hours
- Last inspection: type not recorded, March 1, 2000; 1,319 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,575 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming AEIO360 (piston); 0 hours total
- Operating certificate: in the vicinity
The flight
- Departed from: MTO Mattoon IL at 4:05 pm
- Destination: 2H0
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 14, 3,264 ft by 200 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 11,000 ft; clear
- Temperature: 61°C, dew point 30°C
- Altimeter: 30 inHg
- Observation at 9:50 pm from DEC, 20 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CHI00LA101.