# NTSB MKC89LA162: Rockwell S2R, N8425V, Bono, AR, July 18, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 18, 1989, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Bono, AR
- Coordinates: 35.90969, -90.790275 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9097&lon=-90.7903&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 11, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34833
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC89LA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34833/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA162

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - encountered, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - crop

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8425V-1990-07-13), registration cancelled 1990-07-13, S/N 2185R (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Rockwell S2R
- Registry model: [Rockwell International S-2R](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-s-2r) (registry code 7630202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2185R
- Airframe hours: 7000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890718023099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890718023099A), Jul 18, 1989: Ayres S2RT34RESTD, Bono, AR, Destroyed. Began late go around. Turned downwind in turbulence, turned to miss tree, settled into trees, crashed and burned.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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