- Date
- July 9, 1990, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Crowder, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8464VRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900709024829A
- Case key
- 32676
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Probable cause
Fatigue failure of a bolt which secures the mixture and throttle bellcranks to the bellcrank support assembly.
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
While on final apch, the plt added power but the eng did not respond. After touchdown in a field short of the rwy. The lt main landing gear separated & punctured the fuel tank. The acft was destroyed by fire. Exam of the eng compartment revealed that a bolt which secures the mixture & throttle bellcranks to the bellcrank support assy, failed due to fatigue. This prevented throttle control input in the cockpit from activating the carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8464V
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2378R
- Airframe hours
- 5,866
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Lambert Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lambert Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 1990
- Departed
- MMS · Marks, MS
- Airport
- NONE, runway 18, 2,600 × 15 ft, grass/turf
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,136 total · 7,100 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 42 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.