- Date
- April 13, 1984, 08:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Monette, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8522VRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840413013689A
- Case key
- 33666
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Eng assembly,blower/impeller/integral supercharger - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
Load jettison - performed
Hard landing
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Flare - not possible
Analysis
The owner/plt reported that just after lift-off, he heard a loud squeal & the eng lost power. He dumped his load to clear trees then landed hard in a wheat field just beyond the trees. A dissassembly of the eng revealed that a supercharger bearing had failed after 1679 flt hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8522V
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2282R
- Airframe hours
- 1,679
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Roy M. Whited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1984 · 75 hours before
- Airport
- Whited, runway 18, 2,800 × 120 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,220 total · 1,025 in this make and model · 3,160 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.