- Date
- May 3, 1982, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Alvin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8456VRockwell Intl S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820503013939A
- Case key
- 69758
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot's father reported that he and his son were en route in separate aircraft to apply fertilizer to a rice field. He noticed his son dive from 500 ft to about 100 ft where the aircraft struck the top ground wires of a transmission line. The plane crashed in a field and burned, and the pilot was seriously burned. The continuity of the flight controls could not be established since the aluminum torque tubes were burned. However, all of the steel bellcranks and rod ends were in place.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8456V
- Reported as
- Rockwell Intl S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2216R
- Engine
- U/A Of Canada PT6A-27, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Mcnabb Fly Service
- Registered owner
- Mcnabb Fly Service
- Departed
- Alvin, TX
- Destination
- Alvin, TX
- Airport
- Alvin
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,900 total · 900 in this make and model · 80 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8456V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.