# NTSB Accident CEN22LA123
> **PITTS S-1T** · 2022-02-17 · Spring, TX, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN22LA123
- **Event ID:** 20220217104664
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2022-02-17
- **Location:** Spring, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.053099, -95.551847
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PITTS
- **Model:** S-1T
- **Registration:** N731FL
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of maintenance personnel to properly connect the throttle cable, which led to the pilot’s inability to control engine power during the initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s misjudgment of the headwind during the forced landing, which resulted in the airplane’s touchdown short of the runway and its impact with airport structures.

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