# Accident 19840524018769A: Child S2APITTS, Boulder, CO, May 24, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1984, 15:00 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0244° N, 105.2513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boulder, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0244&lon=-105.2513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80040 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2APITTS
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 128 total, 33 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN84LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840524018769A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN ATTEMPTED GO AROUND THAT RESULTED IN CRASH.

## 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 DEN84LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA158), May 24, 1984: Pitts S-2A (N80040), Boulder, CO, substantial damage

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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