19880814032939A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Ayres S2RR1340REST · Huron, CA · August 14, 1988

Date
August 14, 1988 · 03:00 local
Place
Huron, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
PWJG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N40071
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88DVA10
Reported as
Ayres S2RR1340REST
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A34AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,700 total3,000 in this make and model103 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.

Vertical stabilizer struck a powerline during low level aerial application. Lost rudder control. Crashed in a field

As the FAA filed it

VERTICAL STABILIZER STRUCK A POWERLINE DURING LOW LEVEL AERIAL APPLICATION. LOST RUDDER CONTROL. CRASHED IN A FIELD

NTSB investigation

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