- Date
- April 3, 1992, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Roby, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1619SSnow S2C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920403008709A
- Case key
- 18470
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent stall of the airplane while maneuvering and subsequent loss of control.
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 pilot stated that while practicing aerial application maneuvers with water in the hopper, he allowed the airspeed to decay in a turn and the airplane stalled at low altitude. He added power and dumped the load, however, he was unable to recover. The right wing struck the ground and the main gear subsequently struck a dirt mound and collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1619S
- Reported as
- Snow S2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1167C
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Murphy Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Murphy Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 3 in this make and model · 950 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
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 N1619S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.