# NTSB ATL84FLT14: Rockwell S-2R, N8478V, Lake Comorant, MS, September 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 8, 1984, 06:15 local (11:15 UTC)
- Place: Lake Comorant, MS
- Coordinates: 34.900123, -90.210098 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9001&lon=-90.2101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6330
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FLT14
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6330/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FLT14

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - judgment - poor, unqualified person (contributing factor)
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use, unqualified person (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - improper, unqualified person (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8478V-1993-04-30), registration cancelled 1993-04-30, S/N 2238R (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Rockwell S-2R
- Registry model: [Rockwell International S-2R](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-s-2r) (registry code 7630202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2238R
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840908047499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840908047499A), Sep 8, 1984: Ayres S2RRESTD, Lake Comorant, MS, Destroyed. Employee aircraft loader took aircraft without permission. Found crashed in a soybean field. No pilot license.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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