- Date
- June 3, 1983, 08:42 local (15:42 UTC)
- Place
- Hepner, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1665SSnow S2C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830603027239A
- Case key
- 39719
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Analysis
The acft slid sideways on a sloping field during a forced landing and damaged a wing. The pilot said he had sprayed two fields and was enroute to spray another when a complete loss of power occurred. The pilot stated that he found no usablefuel in either fuel tank.
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
- N1665S
- Reported as
- Snow S2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1238C
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Paul Hansen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- Hepner, OR
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,218 total · 84 in this make and model · 4,989 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLS, 75 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 N1665S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.