# Incident 19790225007879I: Child S2APITTS, Borrego Springs, CA, February 25, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1979
- Place: Borrego Springs, CA
- Airport: Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2559° N, 116.3750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Borrego Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2559&lon=-116.3750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56PS-1989-01-12) (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: 1,100 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790225007879I

## Narrative

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

WHILE MAKING S TURNS TAXIING ON RUNWAY. WING STRUCK PIECES OF STEEL LEFT ON TAXIWAY BY CONTRACTOR.

## Other reports on N56PS (1)

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

- [Accident 19850728034589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850728034589A), Jul 28, 1985: Child S2APITTS (N56PS), Ramona, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft in nose down attitude collided with hill. Local aerobatics flight.

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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