- Date
- July 31, 1981
- Place
- Seminole, TX · SEMINOLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4954XRockwell S2R
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810731047289A
- Case key
- 124549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1745 81/7/31 NR.SEMINOLE,TX ROCKWELL S2R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1030 TIME - 1230 N4954X PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEMINOLE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 580 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3400 REMARKS- VEERED WHILE LNDG ON PAVED ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4954X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4954XRegistered now · Rockwell International S-2RAirframe modelRockwell International S-2REngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.