# Accident 19930321005679A: Child S1TPITTS, Naples, FL, March 21, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1993, 11:42 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1640° N, 81.7659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1640&lon=-81.7659&mi=10
- Aircraft: N218MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N218MC-2011-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Christen Industries PITTS S-1T (registry code 2210002, https://openairdocs.org/model/christen-industries-pitts-s-1t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHILD S1TPITTS
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360C1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 350 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930321005679A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. CRASH LANDED ON SIDE OF RUNWAY. HAD INSTALLED WRONG ENGINE AIR INTAKE. CUT OFF AIR TO ENGINE

## 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 MIA93LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA088), Mar 21, 1993: Christen Industries Pitts S1-T (N218MC), Naples, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE INSTALLATION OF AN IMPROPER DESIGNED INTAKE TUBE AND AIR FILTER BY THE NONMECHANIC RATED PILOT-IN-COMMAND, WHICH RESULTED IN MOISTURE BUILD UP AND COLLAPSE OF THE AIR FILTER, WHICH RESULTED IN…

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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