# Accident 19810825051359A: Child S1SPITTS, Clovis, NM, August 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1981, 13:35 local time
- Place: Clovis, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4386° N, 103.1942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clovis, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4386&lon=-103.1942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51RA-1984-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pitts Special S-1S (registry code 72202ZT, https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-special-s-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S1SPITTS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,087 total, 57 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQG57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG57) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825051359A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM PRACTICE INVERTED SPIN. BAILED OUT. IMPROPER RECOVERY ATTEMPT.

## 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 FTW81FQG57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG57), Aug 25, 1981: Pitts S-1S (N51RA), Clovis, NM, 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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