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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Ayres S2RT34RESTD · El Centro, CA · October 16, 1990

Date
October 16, 1990 · 19:20 local
Place
El Centro, CA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
LSWG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4001M
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX91DUM02
Reported as
Ayres S2RT34RESTD
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A34AG
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
33,000 total15,000 in this make and model432 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.

Loud bang on takeoff,lost power and crashed into stack of hay bales in open field. Engine over torqued,no defects.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD BANG ON TAKEOFF,LOST POWER AND CRASHED INTO STACK OF HAY BALES IN OPEN FIELD.ENGINE OVER TORQUED,NO DEFECTS.

NTSB investigation

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