Rockwell S-2R N8471V

Summary

On 5 April 1982 at about 16:30 local time, a Rockwell S-2R registered N8471V, operated by Shamrock Crop Dusting, Inc, was involved in an accident near Eureka, Washington, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 April 1982 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Eureka, Washington, United States

Coordinates

46.1205, -118.6397

Aircraft

Rockwell S-2R

Registration

N8471V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Shamrock Crop Dusting, Inc

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Touchet → Touchet

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA82DA045

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.