# NTSB MIA74FKT17: Pitts S-1S, N22XP, Homestead, FL, September 9, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 9, 1973
- Place: Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 10, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187770
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA74FKT17
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKT17

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4122   73/9/9    HOMESTEAD,FLA       PITTS S-1S          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 2200
        TIME - 1530                    N22XP               PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CURTIS PITTS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HOMESTEAD,FLA               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- PLT ATMTD PULL OUT AT LOW ALT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22XP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22XP-1973-12-05), registration cancelled 1973-12-05, S/N 001, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PITTS S-1S
- Registry model: [Pitts S-1S](https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-s-1s) (registry code 72202LW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Curtis Pitts

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730909034059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730909034059A), Sep 9, 1973: Child S2PITT*, Homestead, FL, Destroyed. Plt atmtd pull out at low alt.

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.

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