# Accident 19860412044259A: Child S2APITTS, Kansas City, MO, April 12, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1986, 10:30 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2227° N, 93.2483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2227&lon=-93.2483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51WJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2APITTS
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO360A1E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,414 total, 30 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC86LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860412044259A

## Narrative

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

LEFT GEAR FOLDED WHILE TAXIING AFTER LANDING. COLD WELD FAILED ON ONE OF THE JOINTS ON STRUT ASSEMBLY.

## 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 MKC86LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA089), Apr 12, 1986: Aerotek Pitts S-2A (N51WJ), Springfield, MO, 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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