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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ayres S-2R · Unadilla, GA · September 6, 1979

Date
September 6, 1979 · 14:00 local
Place
Unadilla, GA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5055X
Reported as
Ayres S2R
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A34
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Forced landing when the engine quit. Pilot ground looped to avoid a ditch.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT GROUND LOOPED TO AVOID A DITCH.