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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rockwell International S-2R · Wyndmere, ND · July 16, 2019

Date: July 16, 2019 · 18:30 local
Place: Wyndmere, ND
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: LPPG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4933X
Reported as: Rockwell International S-2R
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 18,000 total8,000 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N4933XRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2021 · Rockwell International S-2RS/N 2140R · Built 1974 Airframe modelRockwell International S-2R Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 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.

Pilot stated that he typically sprays around that location until his right fuel tank is empty and his left tank is near 1/4 indicated. His left fuel tank quantity indicator stuck at a quarter tank and the engine lost power do to fuel exhaustion. He chose to land on a gravel road, upon touchdown his left wing struck a yield sign causing the aircraft to proceed into a ditch and strike a power pole with the left wing. The aircraft had no useable fuel on board.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE TYPICALLY SPRAYS AROUND THAT LOCATION UNTIL HIS RIGHT FUEL TANK IS EMPTY AND HIS LEFT TANK IS NEAR 1/4 INDICATED. HIS LEFT FUEL TANK QUANTITY INDICATOR STUCK AT A QUARTER TANK AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER DO TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. HE CHOSE TO LAND ON A GRAVEL ROAD, UPON TOUCHDOWN HIS LEFT WING STRUCK A YIELD SIGN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PROCEED INTO A DITCH AND STRIKE A POWER POLE WITH THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO USEABLE FUEL ON BOARD.