- Date
- June 1, 1990, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Alicia, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8940QAero Commander S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900601021619A
- Case key
- 34870
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintian airspeed during the turn to reverse direction for a swath run.
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
According to the flagman for the aerial applicator the pilot had completed his first swath run and initially pulled up and turned right. He then reversed his turn to the left in order to align the airplane for the second pass. The flagman observed the airplane to be still in the left turn nearing the swath run heading when the right wing seemed to get too high. He stated 'his right wing just seemed to keep coming over till he was 3/4 cocked and going straight down to the ground.' After contacting wires the airplane collided with the ground in a residential street and was involved in an intense post crash fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8940Q
- Reported as
- Aero Commander S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2361R
- Airframe hours
- 3,580
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Terry Robinett, doing business as Walnut Ridge Flying Serv.Inc.
- Registered owner
- Nick N Vaccari
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1990 · 150 hours before
- Airport
- ARG · Walnut Ridge
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 400 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 21 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.