- Date
- September 11, 1973
- Place
- Smithville, GA · SMITHVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8902QAero Comdr S-2R
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730911034649A
- Case key
- 188185
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3353 73/9/11 SMITHVILLE,GA AERO COMDR S-2R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2780 TIME - 1515 N8902Q PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITHVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SMITHVILLE,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO RELOADING AREA GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND 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 - 1500 KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC 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 REMARKS- ENG DRIVEN FUEL PUMP 8AN4100 SHAFT BKN.DUE LOW ALT AND SHOULDER HARNESS UN USE WOBBLE PUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8902Q
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smithville
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.