Aircraft model
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL S-2R-800
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Rockwell S-2R Thrush in turbine form: the same agricultural airframe with a PT6A in place of the radial piston engine. Turbine conversion transforms an ag aeroplane — the engine starts every time, runs thousands of hours, produces more power for less weight and burns Jet-A, which matters in remote operations.
That is why almost every working Thrush is now turbine-powered and why turbine examples are worth several times a piston one. The assessment is otherwise unchanged: hopper capacity, engine time since hot section and overhaul, airframe hours and especially cycles, and corrosion from chemical exposure. The working profile of heavy, low, turbulent flying with very high numbers of takeoffs and landings is punishing. Agricultural flying requires a commercial certificate and documented ag experience for insurance.
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- ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL S-2R-800
What it is
| Seats | 1 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | taildragger |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG |
| Horsepower | 750 hp |
| Fuel | JetA |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1970 |
| Production end | 1981 |
| Endorsements required | high-performance;tailwheel |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 120 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 300 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 57 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 1 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 3,000 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 1,995 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 6,900 lb |
| Empty weight | 3,900 lb |
| Usable fuel | 150 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 48 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $120,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $350,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 3,600 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $340,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $510,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 3 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 1 |
| Median year built | 1977.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | — |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | — |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 0 |
| Transfers per 100 active | — |
| Airworthiness directives | 9 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | none |
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, turbo-prop, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 0 of 103 |
| Support | 1.3 of 104 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- Accident record: class median 0 · 10 models in class.
- Severity: class median 25.53.
- Access: class median 6,509.
- Support: class median 96.
- Liquidity: class median 23.47.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories.