Rockwell S2R N1762S

Summary

On 8 July 1982 at about 22:30 local time, a Rockwell S2R registered N1762S, operated by Custom Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near Blackton, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 July 1982 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Blackton, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Rockwell S2R

Registration

N1762S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Custom Air, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Blackton → Blackton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW82DPG17

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

THE ENG FAILED DURING A SWATH RUN & THE ACFT STRUCK A RICE LEVEE DRG THE FORCED LANDING IN AN ADJACENT BEAN FIELD. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT AND WHILE TALKING TO HIS FLAGMAN THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO BURN AROUND THE ENGINE AREA. THE FIRE SPREAD UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT, EXCEPT FOR THE LEFT WING AND PART OF THE TAIL SECTION, WAS DEMOLISHED. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A BROKEN EXHAUST STACK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.