# Accident 19770219002659A: Child S2APITTS, Santee, CA, February 19, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1977
- Place: Santee, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80053, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80053) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS S-2A (registry code 0110201, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2APITTS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 180 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FUM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUM16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770219002659A

## Narrative

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

FRONT SEAT PLT HAD FEET ON RUDDER PEDALS.

## 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 LAX77FUM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUM16), Feb 19, 1977: Pitts S-2A (N80053), Santee, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N80053 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080719841209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080719841209A), Jul 19, 2008: Ayres S2A (N80053), Cleveland, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) The pilot departed runway 16 at Cleveland Municipal Airport (6R3). Just after take off the aircraft headed into the tree line to the right of the runway.…
- [Accident 19840603040521A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840603040521A), Jun 3, 1984: Child S2APITTS (N80053), Redlands, CA, Substantial damage. Overtook and collided with the lead pitts N65P during a formation takeoff. Lead pitts engine had hesitated briefly.

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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