- Date
- April 3, 1990, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Des Arc, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4183XRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900403007469A
- Case key
- 34955
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Probable cause
Failure of the engine fuel pump.
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 plt rprtd that drg the takeoff roll for an aerial application opn, there was a loss of eng power. Before stopping, the acft collided with a ditch, tearing off the tail & sustaining additional substantial damage. A post-acdnt investigation revealed the eng fuel pump had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4183X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1944R
- Airframe hours
- 6,171
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Bell'S Ag Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 6, 1990 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Des Arc, AR
- Airport
- runway 18, 2,680 × 75 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 14,500 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 30 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.