# NTSB ATL84LKG09: Rockwell S2R, N4199X, Smithville, GA, June 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 27, 1984, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Smithville, GA
- Coordinates: 31.900022, -84.249542 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9000&lon=-84.2495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6557
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LKG09
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6557/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LKG09

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly - fire (cause)
  - engine assembly - undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CONTACTED A DIRT MOUND AFTER BOUNCING DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM THE ENGINE EN ROUTE TO A SPRAYING OPERATION. THE POWER DECREASED AND THE ENGINE QUIT PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN IN A FIELD. AFTER STRIKING A DIRT MOUND THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. SOURCE OF THE FIRE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4199X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Rockwell S2R
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1967R
- Airframe hours: 3500
- Engines: P&W 1340 ANI 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Leslie Dusting Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, March 20, 1984, 100 hours before
- Departed: LESLIE, GA
- Destination: LESLIE, GA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 19,300 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 19,000 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 35 in the last 30 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ABY, 22 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 19840627027159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840627027159A), Jun 27, 1984: Ayres S2RRESTD, Smithville, GA, Destroyed. Engine smoked and lost power. Crashed into a dirt bank on forced landing. Unable cause of power loss due to fire.

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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