# Incident 20170219007749I: Aviat Inc PITTS S-2B, Joplin, MO, February 19, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2017, 09:55 local time
- Place: Joplin, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0842° N, 94.5133° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joplin, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0842&lon=-94.5133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N260PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N260PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat PITTS S-2B (registry code 2210308, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-pitts-s-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT INC PITTS S-2B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 416 total, 46 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170219007749I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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