# Young David E PITTS S1-C

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05615QC
- Manufacturer (registry): YOUNG DAVID E
- Model: PITTS S1-C
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/young-david-e-pitts-s1-c

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

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None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 GAA18CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA017), Oct 20, 2017: Young David E Pitts S1 C (N25YD), Farmville, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to see and avoid the other airplane landing in the opposite direction on the runway. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to use the correct runway call sign in…

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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.

- [Accident 20171020020932A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171020020932A), Oct 20, 2017: Young David E PITTS S1-C (N25YD), Farmville, VA, Substantial damage. The accident involved two experimental aircraft, N25YD (pitts S1-C) and N27KJ (staudacher S-600F). The pilot of N25YD had just completed his practice session…
- [Incident 20150401003639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150401003639I), Apr 1, 2015: Young David E PITTS S1-C (N25YD), Burlington, NC, Minor damage. Upon rollout while still on runway, tail wheel fitting attach bolt sheared allowing tail wheel to rotate approximately 90 degrees. Aircraft veered right and…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Neill Brad PITTS S-1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/neill-brad-pitts-s-1c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05606OA
- [Buergel Wolfgang PITTS S1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/buergel-wolfgang-pitts-s1c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05608BO
- [Hart Robert E PITTS S1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/hart-robert-e-pitts-s1c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05611PG
- [Klenoski Brian PITTS S1-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/klenoski-brian-pitts-s1-c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05615P8
- [Constant Alan / Wilhelm P M PITTS S1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/constant-alan-wilhelm-p-m-pitts-s1c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056180Z
- [Larmore Steven E PITTS S1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/larmore-steven-e-pitts-s1c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05629FU
- [Newman Alfred F JR PITTS S1-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/newman-alfred-f-jr-pitts-s1-c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05630S0
- [Schumacher Jill M PITTS S-1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/schumacher-jill-m-pitts-s-1c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05631MR
- [Kropp Matthew M PITTS S1-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/kropp-matthew-m-pitts-s1-c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056328K
- [Mathias M Rybarczyk PITTS S1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mathias-m-rybarczyk-pitts-s1c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05636ZQ
- [Scheppers Eric F PITTS S1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/scheppers-eric-f-pitts-s1c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05637RW
- [Charles Clute PITTS S-1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/charles-clute-pitts-s-1c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05637Y2

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