- Date
- August 1, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eudora, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4903XRockwell S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830801074759A
- Case key
- 20996
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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
While dispensing fertilizer, oil suddenly covered the windshield & the eng began running at reduced power. The plt made an emergency landing in a water covered rice field where the wheels hit a levee & the acft nosed over. An exam revealed that the #1 exhaust push rod had broken, allowing the valve to stay closed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4903X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2093R
- Airframe hours
- 2,695
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Simpson Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1983 · 150 hours before
- Departed
- Eudora, 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,100 total · 5,500 in this make and model · 7,087 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELD, 76 nm away
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 N4903X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.