- Date
- March 9, 1982, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hughes, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4987XRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820309003589A
- Case key
- 71109
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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 pilot attempted a downwind takeoff from a soft ag strip with a heavy load. After realizing that he would be unable to lift-off, the pilot initiated an abort. The aircraft continued off of the end of the strip and flipped over in a muddy terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4987X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5032R
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- P & W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Billy J. Stewmon
- Registered owner
- Billy J. Stewmon
- Departed
- Hughes, AR
- Destination
- Hughes, AR
- Airport
- Wildwood Strip, runway 36, 2,640 × 0 ft, dirt
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,250 total · 120 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.