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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Ayres S2RRESTD · Leland, MS · August 26, 1987

Date: August 26, 1987 · 18:45 local
Place: Leland, MS
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4002K
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA87LA233
Reported as: Ayres S2RRESTD
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,013 total4,818 in this make and model120 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.

Engine lost power. Crash landed in a soybean field. Engine cylinder had cracked.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER. CRASH LANDED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. ENGINE CYLINDER HAD CRACKED.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB MIA87LA233Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLeland, MSWhile in cruise flight en route to a field for aerial application the engine lost power when the number one cylinder cracked between the spark plug holes. While maneuvering to land at a sod airstrip altitude could not be maintained and the left spray boom…Aug 26, 1987 · Substantial damage