# Accident 19750831026249A: Child S2PITT*, Centralia, IL, August 31, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1975
- Place: Centralia, IL
- Airport: Centralia Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 38.5151° N, 89.0911° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRALIA MUNI (ENL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5151&lon=-89.0911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66JS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2PITT*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,728 total, 380 in this make and model, 249 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76DEV11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEV11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750831026249A

## Narrative

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

L TAIL WHEEL STEERING CHAIN BROKE CAUSED DEFLECTION TO R.L BRAKE COULD NOT OVERCOME R SPRING.

## 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 CHI76DEV11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEV11), Aug 31, 1975: Pitts S1S (N66JS), Centralia, IL, substantial damage

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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