- Date
- May 17, 1994, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Monticello, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4080XAero Commander S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940517011379A
- Case key
- 19060
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to the number 2 cylinder cracking. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for 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
The aerial application pilot was making a swath run 15 feet above the field when the engine lost power, and he made a forced landing to a wet field. The airplane slid 75 feet, structurally damaging the hopper and right wing spar. According to the operator the number 2 cylinder was cracked.
Factual narrative
On May 17, 1994, at 1830 central daylight time, an Aero Commander S2R, N4080X, was substantially damaged during a forced landing near Monticello, Arkansas. The commercial pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local aerial application flight.
The pilot reported to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, that during a swath run at 15 feet above the field, the engine lost power, and he made a forced landing. The field was wet and the airplane slid 75 feet. The hopper and right wing spar were structurally damaged.
According to the information provided by the operator, the number 2 cylinder was cracked from the front spark plug to the rear spark plug.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4080X
- Reported as
- Aero Commander S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1917R
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- David B. Haynes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1994
- Departed
- NONE
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 5,600 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBF, 37 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 N4080X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.