# Accident 19760926031599A: Child S2PITT*, Weyers Cave, VA, September 26, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1976
- Place: Weyers Cave, VA
- Airport: Shenandoah Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.2638° N, 78.8964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHENANDOAH VALLEY RGNL (SHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2638&lon=-78.8964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2153 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2PITT*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FID44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760926031599A

## Narrative

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

PLT HELD ACFT IN AN INVTD FLAT SPIN 4-5 TURNS. PILOT-DELAYED ACRO MANEUVER RECOVERY

## 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 IAD76FID44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID44), Sep 26, 1976: Pitts Spcl S-1C (N2153), Weyers Cave, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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