20190427003539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pitts Special S-1 · Pacoima, CA · April 27, 2019

Date
April 27, 2019 · 14:00 local
Place
Pacoima, CA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N781
Reported as
Pitts Special S-1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,932 total

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.

While in cruise flight the aircraft propeller and spinner assembly departed from the aircraft. An emergency landing was made at whp without further incident. The aircraft received damage to the engine cowling assembly, starter ring/flywheel and crankshaft/ propeller mounting bushings. The propeller has not been located.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER AND SPINNER ASSEMBLY DEPARTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE AT WHP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING ASSEMBLY, STARTER RING/FLYWHEEL AND CRANKSHAFT/ PROPELLER MOUNTING BUSHINGS. THE PROPELLER HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED.