# Accident 20110110000469A: Rockwell In S-2R, Oakley, CA, January 10, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2011, 10:57 local time
- Place: Oakley, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NIGG
- Location: 38.0778° N, 121.6133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0778&lon=-121.6133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4977X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4977X-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International S-2R (registry code 7630202, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-s-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C7BA series (registry code 67017, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c7ba-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL IN S-2R
- Reported engine: GARRETT TPE-331
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110110000469A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JANUARY10, 2011, AT 1057 PST, A   ROCKWELL S2R N4977X REGISTERED TO ALEXANDER AG FLYING WAS FLYING BELOW 200 FEET HEADING APPROXIMATELY 210 DEGREES AS HE FLEW INTO A METEOROLOGICAL EVALUATION TOWER, (MET) PRIOR TO AERIAL APPLICATION OF WINTER WHEAT SEED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS FATALITY INJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 WPR11LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA094), Jan 10, 2011: Rockwell International S-2R (N4977X), Oakley, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with an unmarked meteorological evaluation tower (MET) during an aerial application flight due to the pilot's failure to see and avoid the obstacle. Contributing to the…

## Other reports on N4977X (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940310007189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940310007189A), Mar 10, 1994: Ayres S2RR1820 (N4977X), Tacna, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine siezed on short final. Landed adjacent to runway. Struck a berm. Engine sustained catastrophic failure.
- [Accident 19890914034899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890914034899A), Sep 14, 1989: Ayres S2RRESTD (N4977X), Yuma, AZ, Substantial damage. Veered to edge of runway on landing. Main wheel dug into soft dirt on edge of runway flipping aircraft over.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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