- Date
- July 15, 1990, 09:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Royal City, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8468VRockwell S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900715027099A
- Case key
- 41244
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to ensure an adequate supply of fuel, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
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 reduced power to descend for landing at his airstrip after completing an aerial application flight and the engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. The acft impacted agricultural irrigation equipment during the ensuing forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8468V
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2228R
- Airframe hours
- 5,920
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Royal Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1990 · 100 hours before
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 sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 9,920 total · 9,000 in this make and model · 9,763 as pilot in command · 195 in the last 90 days · 125 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAT, 38 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 N8468V · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.