ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295727
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| Date: | Thursday 12 June 2003 |
| Time: | 07:00 LT |
| Type: |  Rockwell S-2R Thrush Commander |
| Owner/operator: | Royal City Flying Service |
| Registration: | N8468V |
| MSN: | 2228R |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10600 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Royal City, Washington -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Royal City, WA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While applying chemicals to a field, the pilot inadvertently allowed the aircraft's right main landing gear to impact a 20 foot high post. He then dispersed the remainder of his load and returned to the strip he was using as his base of operations. Knowing that the right gear had been damaged, the pilot held the right wing higher than the left as long as he could during the landing roll, but when the right main gear touched the landing surface it collapsed. When the gear collapsed, the right wing came in contact with the terrain, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing main spar.
Probable Cause: 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.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA03LA101
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 May 2012 | N8468V | Royal Flying Service Inc | 0 | Royal City, Washington | |
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| 14 August 2012 | N8468V | Royal Flying Service Inc. | 0 | Royal City, Washington | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 12:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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