- Date
- July 8, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Blackton, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1762SRockwell S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 69972
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 eng failed during a swath run & the acft struck a rice levee drg the forced landing in an adjacent bean field. After exiting the aircraft and while talking to his flagman the pilot stated the aircraft began to burn around the engine area. The fire spread until the aircraft, except for the left wing and part of the tail section, was demolished. Examination of the engine revealed a broken exhaust stack.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1762S
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1438R
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- P & W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Custom Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Custom Air, Inc.
- Departed
- Blackton, AR
- Destination
- Blackton, AR
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,595 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 4,514 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F