# Incident 19791204047829I: Child S2APITTS, St Augustine, FL, December 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80003, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80003) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS S-2 (registry code 0110101, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2APITTS
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 3,500 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/19791204047829I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST PROP, SPINNER, DURING AEROBATICS. SAFE LANDING. CRANKSHAFT FLANGE BROKEN FROM PREVIOUS CRACK, RUST.

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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