# Incident 19890611037689I: Child S2BPITTS, Chicago, IL, June 11, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1989, 15:39 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300WD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300WD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pitts Aerobatics S-2B (registry code 7220450, https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-aerobatics-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 IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 30 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890611037689I

## Narrative

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

ON ROLLOUT DIVERTED ATTENTION TO RADIO SWITCH AND AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY. LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N300WD (1)

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

- [Incident 19880802048179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880802048179I), Aug 2, 1988: Child S2BPITTS (N300WD), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control on roll out and ground looped. Stated right brake failed. No evidence of hyd leak.

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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