# Accident 19731216041729A: Child S2APITTS, Letohatchee, AL, December 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1973
- Place: Letohatchee, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.1296° N, 86.4858° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Letohatchee, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1296&lon=-86.4858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80029 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2APITTS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 53 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKJ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731216041729A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

INTENTIONAL SPIN PLT DID NOT WAIT LONG ENOUGH WITH RECOVERY CTLS.GR DUG INTO GND DRG RCVRY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA74DKJ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ35), Dec 16, 1973: Pitts S-2A (N80029), Letohatchee, AL, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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