- Date
- March 7, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marshallville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8515VRockwell Intl S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830307006659A
- Case key
- 6028
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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 plt reported that he was taking off with a load of fertilizer from a newly constructed strip that was wet and soft. He stated that he failed to clear a mud-hole at the end of the strip, the wheels mired in the mud, and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8515V
- Reported as
- Rockwell Intl S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2275R
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ag - Air Crop Service
- Registered owner
- William M. Lavender, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 27, 3,000 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 1,350 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WRB, 24 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.
Other investigations on N8515V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.