# Accident 19781029034689A: Child S2PITTS, Abbeville, LA, October 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1978
- Place: Abbeville, LA
- Airport: Abbeville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 29.9754° N, 92.1272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abbeville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9754&lon=-92.1272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80039 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2PITTS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,496 total, 122 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FRD06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRD06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781029034689A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ENTERED SECONDARY STALL ON RECOVERY FM SNAP ROLL.

## 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 FTW79FRD06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRD06), Oct 29, 1978: Pitts S-2A (N80039), Abbeville, LA, destroyed

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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