# Incident 19880709039429I: Child S2BPITTS, Rockwall, TX, July 9, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1988, 15:30 local time
- Place: Rockwall, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9181° N, 96.4381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockwall, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9181&lon=-96.4381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5305A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5305A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS S-2B (registry code 0110304, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2BPITTS
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO540D4A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880709039429I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER. FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. LANDED SAFELY. CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N5305A (1)

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

- [Accident 19851228066862A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851228066862A), Dec 28, 1985: Child S2BPITTS (N5305A), Caddo Mills, TX, Substantial damage. Turning final overtook and collided with N6876X severing its tail. N6876X had made incorrect straight in pattern.

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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