- Date
- July 22, 1980
- Place
- Kress, TX · KRESS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4188XRockwell S2R
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800722028349A
- Case key
- 129831
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1287 80/7/22 NR.KRESS,TX ROCKWELL S2R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 15000 TIME - 1330 N4188X PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2184 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AG STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KRESS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4188X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ag Strip
N4188XRegistration cancelled Jan 8, 1985 · Rockwell International S-2RAirframe modelRockwell International S-2R
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4188X · 1
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