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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Ayres S2RRESTD · Napoleonville, LA · September 29, 1983

Date
September 29, 1983 · 08:15 local
Place
Napoleonville, LA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8890Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83LA446
Reported as
Ayres S2RRESTD
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,500 in this make and model300 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.

Pilot diverted attention to a map inside of aircraft and crashed into sugar cane approaching swath run.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DIVERTED ATTENTION TO A MAP INSIDE OF AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INTO SUGAR CANE APPROACHING SWATH RUN.

NTSB investigation

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