- Date
- March 25, 1988, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stuttgart, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5563XRockwell S2-R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880325006599A
- Case key
- 34554
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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
During a post maintenance test flt, PIC experienced a power loss shortly after lift off. The acft crashed nose low, in a left turn. The engine was thrown clear of the airframe. Post accident inspection of the propeller blades indicated a minimum amount of power being developed on impact with the terrain. The pilot reported that the previous engine problems included fuel and ignition. He said he thought the problems had been corrected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5563X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2-R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1763R
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sunshine Flyboys Ag Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1987
- 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,160 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 40 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.