- Date
- April 5, 1982, 08:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eureka, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8471VRockwell Intl. S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820405008159A
- Case key
- 70628
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Analysis
After spraying most of his load, the pilot made a dry pass and dropped a smoke flare. The flare was dropped to check the drift of the air relative to a susceptible crop east of the field being sprayed. After dropping the flare, the pilot made a 180 degree turn and crossed the field in the same area. He reported that he encountered the wingtip vortices from his previous pass, the wingtip dug into the hillside, and the aileron was locked in a left turn. The plane continued about 200 ft and then crashed on the hillside.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8471V
- Reported as
- Rockwell Intl. S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2376R
- Airframe hours
- 3,163
- Engine
- P & W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Shamrock Crop Dusting, Inc
- Registered owner
- Shamrock Crop Dusting, Inc
- Departed
- Touchet, WA
- Destination
- Touchet, WA
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,020 total · 5,500 in this make and model · 9,999 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 115 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.