# NTSB investigations: Rockwell International S-2R: Loss of control - in flight

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB LAX04LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA012.md): Rockwell International S-2R · Lemoore, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 13, 2003 · N7950V · Substantial damage
  > a loss of control for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB CHI98LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA223.md): Rockwell S2-R · Williams, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 26, 1998 · N5682X · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
- [NTSB ATL94LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA142.md): Grumman G-164A · Samson, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 1994 · N4242X · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the aileron torque tube bolt from fatigue, which resulted in an inflight loss of aircraft control and collision with terrain.
- [NTSB FTW93FA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93FA211.md): Rockwell S-2R · Bastrop, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 1993 · N8512V · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance.
- [NTSB MKC90DPG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90DPG02.md): Aero Commander S-2R · Alicia, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jun 1, 1990 · N8940Q · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintian airspeed during the turn to reverse direction for a swath run.
- [NTSB MKC89LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA162.md): Rockwell S2R · Bono, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 1989 · N8425V · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around resulting in the airplane stalling/mushing and descending out of control until collision with trees.
- [NTSB MKC89DPG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89DPG02.md): Rockwell S-2R · Reyno, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jul 5, 1989 · N4931X · Destroyed
  > Improper in-flight planning/decision by the pilot which resulted in a tight maneuver at inadequate airspeed and a subsequent stall. A contributing factor was the presence of high obstructions (trees).
- [NTSB MKC88LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA159.md): Rockwell S-2R · Swifton, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 15, 1988 · N8856Q · Substantial damage
  > Shortly after takeoff during an aerial application operation, the pilot said he was unable to establish a positive climb. After traveling about 1 mile, he elected to dump his dry fertilizer load. When he dumped the load, the increased aerodynamic drag caused…
- [NTSB LAX85LA390](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA390.md): Rockwell S-2R · Coalinga, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 11, 1985 · N4853X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that he turned onto the final approach for landing on rwy 36 as the sun set on his unlighted ag strip. He said that he lost sight of the strip during the landing flare, and driftd of the right side of the runway into high vegetation. The drag…
- [NTSB DEN85LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA160.md): Ayres S2R-600 · Gardner, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 1985 · N4871X · Destroyed
  > The ag-acft stalled & crashed during an ag operation in high density alt. The mountainous terrain and downdrafts contributed to the overall effect of dissapating the clearance between the acft & the undulating terrain.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7630202', '7630205')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7630202&occurrence=250

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