Rockwell S-2R N4923X

Summary

On 11 August 1999 at about 14:50 local time, a Rockwell S-2R registered N4923X was involved in an accident near Garden City, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 August 1999 at 14:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Garden City, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

37.9696, -100.8600

Aircraft

Rockwell S-2R

Registration

N4923X

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI99LA287

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's misjudging his pull-up maneuver resulting in contact with the wire. A contributing factor was the wire.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The aerial application airplane had completed its swath run. The airplane struck power lines located at the edge of the field being sprayed during a pull-up maneuver. The pilot said, '...I misjudged my initial point of pull up and contacted the top wire between two poles with the [airplanes] right [main] landing gear.' The pilot said the wires were hard to see. The on-scene investigation revealed the wires were suspended between 2 poles about 1/4 mile apart.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.