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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Ayers S2RT34 · Hillsboro, KS · April 17, 1981

Date
April 17, 1981 · 13:55 local
Place
Hillsboro, KS
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4122X
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC81FCQ28
Reported as
Ayers S2RT34
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A34
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,850 total275 in this make and model175 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.

Crashed shortly after takeoff. Had started dumpting load. Condition lever may have moved to idle cut-off.

As the FAA filed it

CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. HAD STARTED DUMPTING LOAD. CONDITION LEVER MAY HAVE MOVED TO IDLE CUT-OFF.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.