- Date
- August 29, 2001, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bentonia, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8438VRockwell S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Jackson FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010829023579A
- Case key
- 53241
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to the loss of throttle cable continunity. The throttle cable linkage was worn beyond servicable limits. A factor was uneven terrain at the emergency landing site.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot had sprayed two fields and was enroute to a third field when the engine lost power. After efforts by the pilot to restore full power failed, the pilot selected a nearby field and executed an emergency descent for an emergency landing. During touchdown and landing roll, the airplane collided with an embankment. The examination of the airplane at the accident site, revealed that the throttle linkage to the carburetor was not connected. The examination disclosed that the cable assembly was worn beyond servicable limits. The maintenance history of the cable assembly was not determined.
Factual narrative
On August 29, 2001, at 1500 central daylight time, a Rockwell S2R, N8438V, collided with the ground during an attempted forced landing near Bentonia, Mississippi. The agricultural flight was operated by Nash Agricultural services under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 137 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the commercial pilot was not injured. The flight departed a private airstrip in Bentonia, Mississippi, at 1405.
According to the operator, the pilot had sprayed two fields and was enroute to a third field when the engine lost power. After efforts by the pilot to restore full power failed, the pilot selected a nearby field and executed an emergency descent for an emergency landing. During touchdown and landing roll, the airplane collided with an embankment. The pilot reported that he noticed the uneven terrain on final approach to land in the field.
The examination of the airplane at the accident site, revealed that the throttle linkage to the carburetor was not connected. The examination disclosed that the cable assembly was worn beyond servicable limits. The maintenance history of the cable assembly was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8438V
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2198R
- Airframe hours
- 9,426
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Nash Ag Service Inc.,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- PVT · Bentonia, MS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 19, 2000
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 9,000 in this make and model · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- Jan, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.