19830916049479A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Ayres S2RRESTD · Bay City, TX · September 16, 1983

Date
September 16, 1983 · 11:15 local
Place
Bay City, TX
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5049X
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83LA432
Reported as
Ayres S2RRESTD
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Failed to maintain sufficient clearance from the ground on a spray run. Struck the ground and flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE FROM THE GROUND ON A SPRAY RUN. STRUCK THE GROUND AND FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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