- Date
- May 14, 1986, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stuttgart, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5648XAero Commander S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860514017609A
- Case key
- 34177
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an agricultural spray maneuver back to a field the PIC was fertilizing, the PIC stated he allowed the acft to become too slow and the aircraft descended into trees which bordered the field. The PIC stated he should have been flying with a lighter load or should have added pwr sooner in the turn to maintain obstacle clearance altitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5648X
- Reported as
- Aero Commander S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1848R
- Airframe hours
- 4,300
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Grand Prairie Ag Svc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1986 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- Stuttgart, 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 600 in this make and model · 750 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBF, 20 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.