- Date
- March 7, 1992, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hollandale, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4942XRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920307005539A
- Case key
- 33073
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to check the fuel tank for contaminants before departure, which resulted in the total loss of engine power due to water contamination.
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 acft was refueled before departure with the eng running but the plt did not check the fuel tank for contaminants. After takeoff during cruise flt, the eng quit. The plt attempted to land on a road but the acft collided with a building then the ground. Aprx 4 ounces of fuel was drained from the fuel controller of which 2 ounces was water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4942X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5003R
- Airframe hours
- 3,700
- Engine
- P&W PT6-34AG, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Weco, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Weco, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1991 · 150 hours before
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 6,800 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.