Rockwell S-2R accident near Burley, ID
On July 16, 1998, a Rockwell S-2R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Burley, ID. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 16, 1998
- Place
- Burley, ID
- Aircraft
- Rockwell S-2R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 42.390°N, 113.780°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10719
NTSB summary
On July 16, 1998, approximately 0800 mountain daylight time, a Rockwell S-2R agricultural aircraft, N5036X, registered to Kinney Aviation Inc. (d/b/a Farm Dusters) of Missoula, Montana, and a Grumman-Schweizer G-164B agricultural aircraft, N6649K, registered to Farm Flite Inc. of Burley, Idaho, collided in flight approximately 12 miles northwest of Burley, Idaho. Both aircraft subsequently impacted terrain. Both aircraft were substantially damaged, and the commercial pilot-in-command of each aircraft was fatally injured. Available information indicated that at the time of the collision, both aircraft were operating under 14 CFR 91, with N6649K loaded and heading to a job site and N5036X empty and returning from a job site. Visual meteorological conditions (clear skies and 30 miles visibility) were reported at Burley at 0748, and neither aircraft had filed a flight plan. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident, although a loud crash was heard by an individual who was about 1/2 mile west of the crash site. He stated that he "heard a loud bang, then the motor reave [sic] up. Then a second bang." Evidence developed during on-scene investigation by FAA inspectors indicated that at the time of the collision, the S-2R monoplane was heading generally northeast and the G-164B biplane was heading generally southeast. U.S. Naval Observatory astronomical data indicated that at Burley at 0800 on July 16, the azimuth of the sun was 076.9 degrees true, at an altitude of 17.6 degrees. A map with the relative locations of the fields undergoing aerial application, airstrips being used, an
Probable cause
A failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other's aircraft due to inadequate visual lookout.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
