# Sheppard S-2

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 0561318
- Manufacturer (registry): SHEPPARD
- Model: S-2
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 85 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/sheppard-s-2

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL03LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA151), Sep 30, 2003: Sheppard S-2 (N39S), Obion, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the elevator control pushrod, that resulted in an uncontrolled descent and subsequent in-flight collision with ground.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Incident 19960902029539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960902029539I), Sep 2, 1996: Ayres S2* (N39S), Union City, TN, Substantial damage. Narrative: on landing runway 19 at Union City airport and shortly after touch down the aircraft veered left off the runway into a ditch. The grass off the…

## Service difficulty reports (1)

As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report.

- [SDR CA130430003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CA130430003), Apr 11, 2013: ENGINE. MAKING METAL. (CAN) A CHIP LIGHT INDICATION CAME ON DURING FLIGHT. UPON LANDING, THE ENGINE PROPELLER WENT INTO UNCOMMANDED FEATHER AND WOULD NOT COME OUT OF FEATHER. POST FL

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Blackswift Technologies S2](https://openairdocs.org/model/blackswift-technologies-s2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 061014R
- [Seratt Timothy G S-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/seratt-timothy-g-s-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 7221408
- [Stits Playboy S2](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-s2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 865021K
- [Cole Leonard H S2](https://openairdocs.org/model/cole-leonard-h-s2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05613F6
- [Simplex S-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/simplex-s-2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0761466
- [Christen Industries S-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/christen-industries-s-2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 2210003
- [Pitts S-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-s-2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 72202LY
- [Snow S-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/snow-s-2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 8380201

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