- Date
- October 5, 1991, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cordell, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4008SAyres S2R-T15
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911005044909A
- Case key
- 18319
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Probable cause
Inadvertent stall. A factor was that the aircraft weight and balance limitations were exceeded.
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
A commercial agricultural pilot took off with an airplane that exceeded the maximum certificated gross weight by 464 pounds. After completing an aerial application pass, he was observed executing an abrupt pull up prior to turning to reverse direction. The pitch of the aircraft was estimated at 65 degrees above the horizon. The excessive angle of attack resulted in an inadvertent stall. The aircraft rolled as the nose pitched straight down to impact in a near vertical attitude. A fire engulfed the airplane after impact. The airplane was 264 pounds over the maximum gross weight at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4008S
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-T15
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T15-002
- Airframe hours
- 7,718
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-15AG, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Joe F. Fickling, doing business as J & D Aerial Spraying
- Registered owner
- Joe F. Fickling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 28, 1990 · 611 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Eakly, OK
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.