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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Child S2BPITTS · Springfield, IL · August 5, 1990

Date
August 5, 1990 · 17:22 local
Place
Springfield, IL
Airport
Capital Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N260RM
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI90DEV07
Reported as
Child S2BPITTS
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO540D4A5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
778 total7 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Stalled making a steep turn to downwind from an overhead approach. Went into a spin and never recovered.

As the FAA filed it

STALLED MAKING A STEEP TURN TO DOWNWIND FROM AN OVERHEAD APPROACH. WENT INTO A SPIN AND NEVER RECOVERED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.