# Accident 19850728034589A: Child S2APITTS, Ramona, CA, July 28, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1985, 18:20 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0417° N, 116.8681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ramona, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0417&lon=-116.8681&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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,574 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX85FUM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FUM01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850728034589A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IN NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE COLLIDED WITH HILL. LOCAL AEROBATICS FLIGHT.

## 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 LAX85FUM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FUM01), Jul 29, 1985: Aerotek Pitts S-2A (N56PS), Ramona, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N56PS (1)

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

- [Incident 19790225007879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790225007879I), Feb 25, 1979: Child S2APITTS (N56PS), Borrego Springs, CA, Minor damage. While making s turns taxiing on runway. Wing struck pieces of steel left on taxiway by contractor.

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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