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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pitts S2B · May 2, 2008

Date: May 2, 2008 · 18:55 local
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: TKEG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9414R
Reported as: Pitts S2B
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 15,000 total1,000 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N9414RRegistration cancelled Feb 28, 2020 · Snow S2BS/N 1044 · Built 1960 Airframe modelSnow S2B Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) On may 2, 2008, at approximately 18:55 hours, a snow S2B, owned and operated by privacy data omitted, crashed in field between weslaco and harligen off of hwy 281. Day VFR conditions prevailed. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The pilot sustained no injuries and there were no passengers onboard. The pilot, privacy data omitted is the holder of commercial certificate number privacy data omitted?. The flight originated at blue town strip at approximately 18:20 hours and was completing a swath of spraying when the engine developed an oil leak spraying oil over the windshield.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 2, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 18:55 HOURS, A SNOW S2B, OWNED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRASHED IN FIELD BETWEEN WESLACO AND HARLIGEN OFF OF HWY 281. DAY VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS THE HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^?. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BLUE TOWN STRIP AT APPROXIMATELY 18:20 HOURS AND WAS COMPLETING A SWATH OF SPRAYING WHEN THE ENGINE DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK SPRAYING OIL OVER THE WINDSHIELD.