# Accident 19780701018559A: Child S2PITT/, Taylor, AZ, July 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1978
- Place: Taylor, AZ
- Airport: Taylor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.4527° N, 110.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAYLOR (TYL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4527&lon=-110.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9WT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2PITT/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 31,000 total, 594 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUJ74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUJ74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780701018559A

## Narrative

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

INTENTIONAL INVERTED SPIN,INITIATED RECOVERY TOO LATE.

## 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 LAX78FUJ74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUJ74), Jul 1, 1978: Pitts S-1T (N9WT), Taylor, AZ, 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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