- Date
- July 24, 1992, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Minturn, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8441VRockwell S2R-R3S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920724027349A
- Case key
- 18311
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power and the encounter with unsuitable terrain during the forced landing.
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
During the initial climb, at takeoff from a local airfield, the airplane lost total engine power. Following touchdown in terrain consisting of open fields divided by levees and irrigation ditches with side berms, the airplane struck a berm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8441V
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R-R3S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2201R
- Airframe hours
- 3,811
- Engine
- PZL WSK 35 SERIES 2, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Danny L. Whited, doing business as Dan'S Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Danny L. Whited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1992 · 232 hours before
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,346 total · 2,994 in this make and model · 140 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °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.
Other investigations on N8441V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.