Pitts S1S N66JS

28 July 1974 · Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 July 1974 at about 12:20 local time, a Pitts S1S registered N66JS was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 July 1974 at 12:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest airport: Fon du Lac
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Pitts S1S
Registration: N66JS
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3647

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DRIVE SHAFT FAILURE.PUMP NOT DESIGNED FOR THIS ENG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3647, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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