# Accident 19790512015969A: Child S2PITTS, Rockford, IL, May 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1979, 16:45 local time
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Lund
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2711° N, 89.0940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2711&lon=-89.0940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7UD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7UD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS S-2A (registry code 0110201, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2PITTS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 979 total, 61 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEE55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEE55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790512015969A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AIRCRAFT IN TRAFFIC PATTERN. LOOKING FOR OTHER TRAFFIC. CRASHED INTO TREES.

## 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 CHI79DEE55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEE55), May 12, 1979: Pitts S-2A (N7UD), Rockford, IL, 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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