- Date
- July 3, 1987, 18:00 local (Jul 4, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glenns Ferry, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5580XRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870703045089A
- Case key
- 40652
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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
During takeoff with a quartering tailwind about 3/4 way down the runway the aircraft settled back onto the runway. There was not enough room to stop the aircraft. The aircrafts main gear caught on a fence and tall wheat with the aircraft coming to rest inverted. A fire erupted consuming the aircraft. The density altitude at the time of the accident was about 4900 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5580X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5087R
- Airframe hours
- 3,149
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Clarks Air Service
- Registered owner
- Clarks Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 2, 1987
- Departed
- Glenns Ferry, ID
- Airport
- Grindstone
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,183 total · 36 in this make and model · 2,122 as pilot in command · 271 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.