Rockwell S-2R N5011X

Summary

On 14 July 2001 at about 00:00 local time, a Rockwell S-2R registered N5011X, operated by Craigmont Air Service, was involved in an accident near Nez Perce, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 July 2001 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Nez Perce, Idaho, United States

Coordinates

46.2800, -116.2301

Aircraft

Rockwell S-2R

Registration

N5011X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Craigmont Air Service

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Craigmont → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA01LA131

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance for undetermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

When the aircraft did not return from an aerial application flight, a search of the area began. The aircraft was located in an open flat to rolling wheat field about two miles from the airport. Impact signatures indicate that the aircraft collided with the terrain in a nose low attitude. A local resident who knew the pilot and aircraft reported that she observed the aircraft headed to the southwest and that "he (the pilot) wasn't flying right..." and that "...he was slowly descending and his right wing would dip down then up then down then up. His plane was never flying steady like normal." No evidence of a mechanical failure or malfunction was found. No evidence of pilot incapacitation was found.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.