# Accident 19780910027099A: Child S2APITTS, Largo, FL, September 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1978
- Place: Largo, FL
- Airport: St.Petersburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 27.9077° N, 82.7739° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Largo, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9077&lon=-82.7739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13GT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13GT-1991-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS S-2A (registry code 0110201, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2APITTS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 938 total, 50 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78DLD74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DLD74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780910027099A

## Narrative

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

LEFT BRAKE PISTON SEIZED IN COCKED POSITION MAKING LEFT BRAKE INETIVE.

## 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 MIA78DLD74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DLD74), Sep 10, 1978: Aerotec S-2A (N13GT), Largo, FL, substantial damage

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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