Single-engine piston

N66JS

1973 Homebuilt PITTS Specil S1S

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1973
Serial
JS66
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Litchfield, IL
Registration record

N66JS on the FAA register

Type
1973 Homebuilt PITTS Specil S1S
Serial
JS66
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Litchfield, IL
Certificate issued
2024-08-21
Airworthiness date
1980-02-21
Registration expires
2031-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A8B2B9
Mode S (octal)
52131271
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-08-21
    Certificate of registration issued as N66JS.
  • 1980-02-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1973
    Manufactured (1973).
Overview

About N66JS

N66JS is a 1973 Homebuilt PITTS Specil S1S, serial number JS66. It is registered to an individual in Litchfield, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 21, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated February 21, 1980.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N66JS. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1975-08-31 Accident · Centralia,Il, 13 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2481
Reported aircraft: Pitts S1S — a different aircraft that carried the N66JS registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: ION TO R.L BRAKE COULD NOT OVERCOME R SPRING.
1974-07-28 Accident · Fon Du Lac,Wis, 49 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3647
Reported aircraft: Pitts S1S — a different aircraft that carried the N66JS registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: NG.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.