- Date
- July 22, 1992, 07:15 local (11:15 UTC)
- Place
- Americus, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8541VRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920722026719A
- Case key
- 8631
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power due to a crack in the number three cylinder. A factor was the soft terrain at the forced landing area.
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 ag pilot reported that shortly after takeoff, at about 200 feet AGL, the engine sputtered and quit. The aircraft was force landed in a soybean field and was substantially damaged on the soft terrain. An examination of the engine revealed that the number three cylinder had cracked near the base of the cylinder head. The engine had about 127 hours since major overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8541V
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2300R
- Airframe hours
- 4,143
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Musselwhite, Jack, doing business as Jack'S Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Musselwhite, Jack
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1992 · 127 hours before
- Departed
- ACJ · Americus, GA
- Destination
- ACJ
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
- 63
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 19,000 total · 4,500 in this make and model · 18,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY, 35 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 N8541V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.