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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat PITTS S-2B · Joplin, MO · February 19, 2017

Date
February 19, 2017 · 09:55 local
Place
Joplin, MO
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N260PA
Reported as
Aviat Pitts S-2B
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
416 total46 in this make and model12 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.

Aircraft was departing jln when the canopy departed the aircraft. Canopy hit right lower wing, right horizontal, and right side of rudder as it departed. All damage was minor.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING JLN WHEN THE CANOPY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. CANOPY HIT RIGHT LOWER WING, RIGHT HORIZONTAL, AND RIGHT SIDE OF RUDDER AS IT DEPARTED. ALL DAMAGE WAS MINOR.