# Incident 20190716015279I: Rockwell International S-2R, Wyndmere, ND, July 16, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2019, 18:30 local time
- Place: Wyndmere, ND
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LPPG
- Location: 46.2641° N, 97.1312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wyndmere, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2641&lon=-97.1312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4933X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4933X-2021-09-04) (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 R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190716015279I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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