# Accident 19770620018349A: Child S2PITT/, Minford, OH, June 20, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1977
- Place: Minford, OH
- Airport: Portsmouth Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.8615° N, 82.8489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minford, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8615&lon=-82.8489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73XL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2PITT/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,077 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEG21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770620018349A

## Narrative

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

SPIN WAS FLAT & INVERTED.NO EVIDENCE OF ENGINE MALFUNCTION.

## 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 CHI77FEG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEG21), Jun 20, 1977: Pitts S-1C (N73XL), Minford, OH, 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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