20190524005099A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aero Commander S2R · Grangeville, ID · May 24, 2019

Date
May 24, 2019 · 07:00 local
Place
Grangeville, ID
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5569X
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA283
Reported as
Aero Commander S2R
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
980 total368 in this make and model368 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot was practicing aerial application over uncle's farm with load of water. Maneuvered to avoid uncle's house and to execute a 180 degree turn to start a new pass. Aircraft exhibited impending stall characteristics in a right turn ,pilot did not complete the turn contacted the surface in the turn with both landing gear, tried to accelerate the aircraft to climb, was unable, and the aircraft settled , pilot executed left turn as it stalled and settled again . The aircraft contacted the surface unable to climb and the left landing gear failed causing substantial damage. To left wing landing gear and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PRACTICING AERIAL APPLICATION OVER UNCLE'S FARM WITH LOAD OF WATER. MANEUVERED TO AVOID UNCLE'S HOUSE AND TO EXECUTE A 180 DEGREE TURN TO START A NEW PASS. AIRCRAFT EXHIBITED IMPENDING STALL CHARACTERISTICS IN A RIGHT TURN ,PILOT DID NOT COMPLETE THE TURN CONTACTED THE SURFACE IN THE TURN WITH BOTH LANDING GEAR, TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE AIRCRAFT TO CLIMB, WAS UNABLE, AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED , PILOT EXECUTED LEFT TURN AS IT STALLED AND SETTLED AGAIN . THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE SURFACE UNABLE TO CLIMB AND THE LEFT LANDING GEAR FAILED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. TO LEFT WING LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.