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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81DPG59

1981-08-05 SWIFTON, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8817Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RANS S-2R

Year of manufacture

1970 · 11 years old at event

Engine

P&W PT6 SERIES (500 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780327

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC24E8

Registrant of record

RUHE SALES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8817Q AERO COMDR S2R None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

AERO COMDR S2R · N8817Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

SWIFTON

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 1 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000001517R

Total time

3,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

5,000

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EL. HEADER TANK FUEL DRAIN CORRODED SHUT.

Investigator remarks

RUST,DIRT,WATER & OTHER CONTAMINANTS FOUND IN FU

Cause factors

68/C/D8 C
PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/64 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2503. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2503.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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