# Accident 19891008039519A: Child S2SPITTS, De Kalb, IL, October 8, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1989, 16:10 local time
- Place: De Kalb, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9282° N, 88.7476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeKalb, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9282&lon=-88.7476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983CS-1992-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Baker James R JR SANTIAGO PITTS SIS (registry code 72206CX, https://openairdocs.org/model/baker-james-r-jr-santiago-pitts-sis) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S2SPITTS
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 2 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90DEE01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90DEE01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891008039519A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON LOCAL FLIGHT. CRASH LANDED IN ROUGH FIELD.

## 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 CHI90DEE01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90DEE01), Oct 8, 1989: Baker/Santiago Pitts S-1S (N983CS), Dekalb, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL.

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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