- Date
- August 9, 1977
- Place
- Elizabeth City, NC · ELIZABETH CITY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4980XRockwell S2R
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770809026729A
- Case key
- 146338
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2371 77/8/9 ELIZABETH CITY,NC ROCKWELL S2R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N4980X PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 44, 8665 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1183 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEADTOWN,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 15 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4980X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4980XRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 1996 · Rockwell International S-2RAirframe modelRockwell International S-2R
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4980X · 1
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