# Accident 19781218039949A: Child S2PITTS, Panama City, FL, December 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1978
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 30.1588° N, 85.6602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Panama City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1588&lon=-85.6602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4GP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4GP-1979-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mills PITTS SPECIAL (registry code 7220266, https://openairdocs.org/model/mills-pitts-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2PITTS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 773 total, 558 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKJ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKJ15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781218039949A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MIA79FKJ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKJ15), Dec 18, 1978: Pitts S-1 (N4GP), Panama City, FL, 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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