# Incident 20140708010919I: Rockwell International S-2R, Carrington, ND, July 8, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2014, 20:46 local time
- Place: Carrington, ND
- Airport: Carrington Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TDIG
- Location: 47.4511° N, 99.1513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARRINGTON MUNI (46D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4511&lon=-99.1513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8422V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8422V-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International S-2R (registry code 7630202, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-s-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL S-2R
- Reported engine: P&W PT6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 11,400 total, 110 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140708010919I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH HIS SPRAY EQUIPMENT.  HE WAS MAKING HIS FOURTH PASS AND AS HE TURNED THE SPRAY ON HE GLANCED AT HIS LEFT WING BRIEFLY TO MAKE SURE THE SPRAY EQUIPMENT WAS WORKING PROPERLY.  AS HE RETURNED HIS ATTENTION FORWARD, HE IMPACTED A RISE IN THE WHEAT FIELD WHICH HE WAS SPRAYING.  HE APPLIED AFT STICK AND TOUCHED THE TAIL WHEEL IN THE FIELD AS HE CLIMBED CLEAR OF THE GROUND.  HE GAINED ALTITUDE AND CONDUCTED A CONTROLLABILITY CHECK.  AFTER HE DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING NORMALLY, HE FINISHED HIS APPLICATION OF CHEMICAL TO THE FIELD.  HE THEN FLEW TO HIS BASE AIRPORT OF 46D, CARRINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  HE INTENTIONALLY TOUCHED DOWN TAIL WHEEL FIRST AS HE WAS CONCERNED HE MAY HAVE A BLOWN OR DAMAGED MAIN GEAR TIRE.  WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR THEY COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N8422V (1)

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

- [Accident 20050311003549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050311003549A), Mar 11, 2005: Ayres S2R (N8422V), Marvell, AR, Destroyed. (-23) On 3/11/05, 8:37 am, Marvell, AR, 34 30 73 N/90 58 42 w, an ayers S2R-T15 operated by gibbons flying service (kqgg) attempted to land the aircraft…

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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