# Accident 19780514009979A: Child S1SPITTS, Beulaville, NC, May 14, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1978
- Place: Beulaville, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Location: 34.9228° N, 77.7713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beulaville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9228&lon=-77.7713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7VC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7VC-1993-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smithgall PITTS SPECIAL S-1C (registry code 7221121, https://openairdocs.org/model/smithgall-pitts-special-s-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S1SPITTS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,550 total, 91 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78DLJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DLJ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780514009979A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 IAD78DLJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DLJ12), May 14, 1978: Pitts S1 (N7VC), Beulaville, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7VC (1)

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

- [Accident 19890507011099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890507011099A), May 7, 1989: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL (N7VC), Raleigh, NC, Destroyed. Got into a flat spin and unable to recover before ground impact while practising acrobatics. Aircraft burned.

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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