- Date
- June 10, 1996, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wayside, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8428VRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960610013279A
- Case key
- 38029
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain the proper descent rate at touchdown resulting in collapse of the right main landing gear.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot returned for landing after dumping the load of fish food into a pond adjacent to the airstrip and landed hard collapsing the right main landing gear. The airplane veered off the right side of the runway collapsing the left main landing gear. The pilot further stated that he landed with a 5 mile per hour left quartering tailwind.
Factual narrative
On June 10, 1996, about 1245 central daylight time, a Rockwell International S-2R, N8428V, registered to a private owner and leased to the Glen Allan Flying Service, Inc., was substantially damaged on landing at a private airstrip near Wayside, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight. The commercial-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated about 10 minutes earlier from the private airstrip located near the spray location.
The pilot stated that he had previously dumped about 45-50 loads of fish food into a pond. After dumping a load he returned for landing to the north with the wind from the southwest at 5 miles per hour. The right main landing gear collapsed after a hard landing and the airplane veered off the right side of the runway completing a 180-degree turn collapsing the left main landing gear. The airplane came to rest upright.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8428V
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2188R
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Glen Allan Flying Service, Inc
- Registered owner
- Donnie Uzzle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 30, 1996
- Airport
- runway 36, 2,800 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,033 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLH, 10 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.