Rockwell S2R N1662S
20 July 2020 · Harlan, Iowa, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 July 2020 at about 21:00 local time, a Rockwell S2R registered N1662S, operated by Slater's Spray Service, was involved in an accident near Harlan, Iowa, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Harlan, Iowa, United States
- Coordinates
- 41.6508, -95.3196
- Aircraft
- Rockwell S2R
- Registration
- N1662S
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1973
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Slater's Spray Service
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Harland → Harland
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN20LA294
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The fatigue fracture of the upper rudder hinge that resulted in a partial separation of the rudder from the airplane during a spray pass.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot of the aerial application flight was spraying a field when the top portion of the rudder partially separated from the airplane. The airplane yawed abruptly left and remained in an uncontrollable left yaw for about 10 to 15 minutes, at times pitching uncontrollably downward until the broken portion of the rudder separated. The airplane landed without further incident. Postaccident metallurgical examination of the upper rudder hinge revealed a fatigue fracture.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 6 Dec 2022 | Rockwell S2R-G6 | Mission, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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