N8468V – Rockwell International S-2R – 2003-06-12 NTSB Accident Report

On June 12, 2003, a Rockwell International S-2R (N8468V) was involved in an incident near Royal City, WA. All 1 person aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a 20 foot high post while applying chemicals to an agricultural field, which resulted in impact damage to the right main landing gear, and ultimately to a collapse of the subject gear during the subsequent landing roll. Factors include a post within the area that the pilot was applying chemicals to.

On June 12, 2003, approximately 0800 Pacific daylight time, a Rockwell International S-2R, N8468V, impacted a post during an aerial application flight near Royal City, Washington. The pilot was not injured, but the aircraft, which is owned and operated by Royal City Flying service, sustained substantial damage. The 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight, which departed a local airstrip about 15 minutes earlier, was being operated in visual meteorological conditions.

According to the pilot, while applying chemicals to a field, the aircraft's right main landing gear impacted a 20 foot high post. The pilot then dispersed the remainder of his load and returned to the strip he was using as his base of operations.

This incident is documented in NTSB report SEA03LA101. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N8468V.