- Date
- June 24, 2005, 07:56 local (13:56 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain Home, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4865XRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20050624012189A
- Case key
- 61795
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision by failing to refuel resulting in fuel exhaustion during cruise flight and the loss of engine power. A vehicle was a factor in the on ground collision.
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 reported that he had just dumped a load of pesticide and was returning to the airport, knowing that he was low on fuel. About 1/2 mile short of the runway, the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. During the forced landing on a highway, he overtook a heavy truck during the landing roll. The right wing came in contact with the truck and the aircraft subsequently traveled off the north side of the road and down an embankment before coming to rest.
Factual narrative
On June 24, 2005, at 0756 mountain daylight time, a Rockwell International S-2R, N4865X, registered to a private individual, and operated by Nyssa Ag Service as a 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight, experienced a loss of engine power while returning to Mountain Home Municipal Airport, Mountain Home, Idaho. During the emergency off airport landing, the aircraft collided with a heavy truck traveling on a highway. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The driver of the truck was not injured.
The pilot reported to Federal Aviation Administration Inspectors from the Boise, Idaho, Flight Standards District Office, who responded to the accident site, that he had just dumped a load of pesticide and was returning to the airport, knowing that he was low on fuel. About 1/2 mile short of the runway, the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. During the forced landing on a highway, he overtook a heavy truck during the landing roll. The right wing came in contact with the truck and the aircraft subsequently traveled off the north side of the road and down an embankment before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4865X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2060R
- Airframe hours
- 8,555
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-1-151, 716 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Stan Bybee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2005
- Departed
- U76 · Mountain Home, ID
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
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- December 1, 2004
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 17,086 total · 68 in this make and model · 16,902 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 68 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- MUO, 7 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.
Other investigations on N4865X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.