- Date
- September 8, 1984, 06:15 local (11:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Comorant, MS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8478VRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840908047499A
- Case key
- 6330
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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 aircraft was taken without permission by an employee of the owner. The employee did not hold an airmens certificate and no record of him ever having flight training could be found. The aircraft was found crashed in a field. No evidence of precrash failure or malfunction of the flight controls, engine, or airframe could be found. No witnesses to the crash were located.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8478V
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2238R
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E. Broadway And W. Freiman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1984 · 390 hours before
- Departed
- Walls, 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
- 20
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 15 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.