- Date
- May 29, 1981
- Place
- Ganado, TX · GANADO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4937XRockwell S2R
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810529030989A
- Case key
- 125502
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1106 81/5/29 GANADO,TX ROCKWELL S2R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1814 TIME - 1520 N4937X PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUSTER STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GANADO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY 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 TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND REMARKS- AFTER ACDNT,PLT NOTED THAT WND HAD CHGD FM HDWND TO QTRG TAILWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4937X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Duster Strip
N4937XRegistration cancelled Aug 30, 2012 · Rockwell International S-2RAirframe modelRockwell International S-2REngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4937X · 1
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