Rockwell S2R N4222X

Summary

On 24 July 1988 at about 15:30 local time, a Rockwell S2R registered N4222X was involved in an accident near O'brien, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 July 1988 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

O'brien, Florida, United States

Coordinates

30.0308, -82.9197

Aircraft

Rockwell S2R

Registration

N4222X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA88FA232

1 person died.

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 PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS TO SPRAY A SOYBEAN FIELD ABOUT 1/2 MI N OF THE AIRSTRIP. THERE ARE NO KNOWN WITNESSES TO THE CRASH, BUT A PERSON IN THE AREA HEARD THE ENG 'POP', THEN ENG SOUND CEASED; SECONDS LATER THE SOUND OF IMPACT WAS HEARD. THE ACFT STRUCK THE GRND IN A NOSE DOWN, SLIGHT LEFT-WING-LOW ATTITUDE, COMING TO REST IN THE IMPACT CRATER, SUGGESTING A SLOW FORWARD SPEED & HIGH VERTICAL RATE OF DESCENT. THERE WERE NO OTHER GRND CONTACT POINTS. THE HOPPER BURST ON IMPACT & THE LANATE SPRAYED OUT AHEAD OF THE ACFT IN A FAN SHAPED PATTERN. THE PLT'S SEAT BELT & SHOULDER HARNESS WEBBING FAILED IN OVERLOAD & THE PLT WAS EJECTED FROM THE ACFT. THE RESTRAINTS WERE WEATHERED & BLANCHED IN APPEARANCE. THE PROP SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF ROTATION, HOWEVER, AN EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. THE FUEL TANKS HAD RUPTURED BUT THERE WAS A LACK OF FUEL ODOR. THE FUEL LINES, FUEL SELECTOR AND FUEL PUMP CONTAINED ONLY RESIDUAL FUEL. THE CARBURETOR WAS BROKEN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.