Rockwell S-2R N4894X

Summary

On 5 February 2012 at about 19:20 local time, a Rockwell S-2R registered N4894X, operated by Valley Air, LLC., was involved in an accident near Yellow Pine, Idaho, 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

5 February 2012 at 19:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Yellow Pine, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Stibnite Mine (ID41)

Coordinates

44.8997, -115.3328

Aircraft

Rockwell S-2R

Registration

N4894X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Valley Air, LLC.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cascade → Yellow Pine

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR12CA103

Nobody was injured.

The pilot did not reduce the airplane’s descent rate prior to the landing flare/touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the landing at a remote snow-covered airstrip, the airplane touched down at a high descent rate, bounced back into the air, and then touched down again on the packed snow surface. As the airplane slowed and its weight transferred from the wings to the landing gear, one main landing gear attach fitting, which had been damaged during the initial hard touchdown, allowed its associated gear leg to partially collapse. The partial collapse of the landing gear resulted in the airplane veering to the right, whereupon the right wing impacted the snow bank along the side of the runway and sustained substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.