- Date
- July 18, 1989, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bono, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8425VRockwell S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890718023099A
- Case key
- 34833
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around resulting in the airplane stalling/mushing and descending out of control until collision with trees.
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
The pilot decided to make a go-around after attempting to land with a tailwind. Insufficient clear area existed to complete the go-around and the pilot turned downwind to avoid a tree. The acft settled uncontrolled into trees, and crashed in a rice field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8425V
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2185R
- Airframe hours
- 7,000
- Engine
- P&W PT-6-15AG, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Miles, Tony E.
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1989 · 420 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Bono, AR
- Airport
- NONE, runway 31, 2,000 × 60 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,300 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 4,200 as pilot in command · 320 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 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.