# Incident 20060520015639I: Aviat PITTSS1S, Hartford, SD, May 20, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2006, 14:36 local time
- Place: Hartford, SD
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6215° N, 96.9349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hartford, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6215&lon=-96.9349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N818SH-2009-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lafferty John PITTS S1S (registry code 05610VO, https://openairdocs.org/model/lafferty-john-pitts-s1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT PITTSS1S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,950 total, 200 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060520015639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WAS PIC OF A PITTS S1S, N818SH, ON MAY 20, 2006, NEAR HARTFORD, SD. WHILE PRACTICING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS, THE ENTIRE PROPELLER AND FLANGE DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT AND ITS PARTS LANDED IN A PASTURE - NO OTHER DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

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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