- Date
- June 18, 1983, 05:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Corcoran, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8435VRockwell S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830618026409A
- Case key
- 23563
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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 reported that during his last spraying run he lost left rudder pedal control. He maintained control of the acft in the air but during landing he lost control due to the loss of the left rudder/brake pedal. The acft veered off the right side of the runway. Examination disclosed that the left rudder pedal adjustment channel, p/n 70080-1, had broken allowing the rudder pedal to fall off leaving the left rudder and brake control inoperable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8435V
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2195R
- Airframe hours
- 4,846
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Salyer Farms Airport
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 1983 · 177 hours before
- Airport
- Salyer Farms Strip, runway 32, 7,000 × 80 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 23,468 total · 4,200 in this make and model · 23,160 as pilot in command · 221 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.