- Date
- August 3, 1991, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Murtaugh, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4865XRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910803031289A
- Case key
- 41506
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Probable cause
The improper preflight planning/decision by the pilot, resulting in his attempt to takeoff with the aircraft loaded over maximum certificated gross takeoff weight.
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 attempted to takeoff from a dirt road on an aerial application flt and the acft did not become airborne in the suitable takeoff portion of the road. The acft struck a guy wire, veered off the road into a cultivated field and nosed over. Weight and balance calculations indicated the acft was approx 982 lbs over max cert takeoff gross weight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4865X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2060R
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ag Aero, Inc
- Registered owner
- Ag Aero, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 7,435 total · 2,850 in this make and model · 7,215 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TWF, 13 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.