- Date
- August 6, 1983, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brentwood, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5523XRockwell S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830806048219A
- Case key
- 23812
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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 plt reported that during touchdown, the right brake 'locked up' & the acft began to 'pull to the right'. He reported that the tail was still off the ground. In order to 'keep from going into trees' beside th rwy, he used the left brake. Subsequently, the acft nosed over & began to burn in the eng area. The fire spread quickly & consumed the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5523X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 217
- Airframe hours
- 3,160
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Leeroy Kruse
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 1983
- Airport
- Kruse Ag Airport, runway 16, 2,400 × 40 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,200 total · 4,600 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N5523X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.