# Incident 20170819017199I: Aviat Inc PITTS S-2B, Sherman, TX, August 19, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2017, 14:08 local time
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Airport: North Texas Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6357° N, 96.6089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sherman, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6357&lon=-96.6089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58DE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58DE) (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: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 400 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170819017199I

## Narrative

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

ON 08-19-2017  WHILE PRATICEING AEROBATICS IN THE PRATICE BOX LOCATED AT THE SHERMAN AIRPORT (KGYI)  THE S2B PITTS AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A RIGHT RUDDER CABLE FAILURE DUE TO CORRISION CAUSED BY SWEAT FROM PILOTS LEG TOUCHING THE CABLE WHILE FLYING.

DURING LANDING AT (KGYI) THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SOME MINOR RIGHT WING DAMAGE.

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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