- Date
- June 16, 1984, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pocahontas, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4913XRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840616027299A
- Case key
- 33715
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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.
Analysis
About 18 inches of one propeller blade separated in flight. The acft began to shake violently and the plt shutdown the engine. The aircraft crashed during the forced lndg. Metallurgical examination revealed features typical of fatique cracking over aprox 2/3 of blade cross section at the fracture location.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4913X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2104R
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- William Wood, doing business as Wood Aviation
- Registered owner
- William Wood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- Pocahontas, AR
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 27 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.
Other investigations on N4913X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.