- Date
- July 8, 1993, 20:00 local (Jul 9, 1993, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bono, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8522VRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930708025889A
- Case key
- 18794
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Probable cause
The airplane's takeoff performance being exceeded by the PIC. A factor was the pilot's inability to safely reject the takeoff.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was fully loaded with chemical when the pilot attempted to take off from the 2,500 foot dirt strip. He stated that the airplane failed to climb and struck a three foot high levee at the end of the runway, damaging all three landing gear. After flying around the local area for about 45 minutes to burn off fuel, the pilot executed a no gear landing back at the airstrip. He stated that the engine sounded normal and appeared to be developing full power during the takeoff. The length of the strip did not allow for an rejected takeoff.
Factual narrative
On July 8, 1993, at approximately 2000 central daylight time, a Rockwell International S-2R, N8522V, was substantially damaged when it collided with a levee at liftoff from a private strip near Bono, Arkansas. The airplane, flown by a commercial pilot, was departing on what was to have been a local aerial application flight. There was no flight plan filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area. The pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured.
According to the operator, the airplane was fully loaded with chemical when it departed to the north on the 2,500 foot dirt airstrip. The pilot stated that the airplane "failed" to lift off the runway and the landing gear struck a three foot high levee at the end of the runway. The main gear struts were broken and the gear was swept back at the time of the collision. The tail wheel also separated. The pilot flew the airplane around the local area for about 45 minutes to burn off fuel and then executed a no gear landing back at the takeoff point without further incident. Additional damage was sustained by the airplane during the landing. The pilot stated that the engine sounded normal and appeared to be developing full power during the takeoff and flight. The length of the strip would not allow for a successful rejected takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8522V
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2282R
- Airframe hours
- 3,111
- Engine
- PZL WSK PZL-3S, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Whited, Roy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 1993 · 122 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Bono Airstrip, runway 36, 2,500 × 35 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,491 total · 3,100 in this make and model · 122 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- 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.