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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ayres S2RRESTD · Wisner, LA · July 25, 1994

Date: July 25, 1994 · 18:30 local
Place: Wisner, LA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: BVCG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8479V
Reported as: Ayres S2RRESTD
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total400 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days

N8479VRegistration cancelled Feb 24, 2000 · Rockwell International S-2RS/N 2375R Airframe modelRockwell International S-2R

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.

Narrative: the aircraft experienced a loss of engine power while conducting aerial application in level flight. The commercially rated pilot made an immediate straight in landing in the cotton field. Subsequent investigation revealed that the aircraft experienced engine blower failure. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan or flight following procedures were used. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the left main landing gear and left wing flight control surfaces. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated from bailey ag aviation's private airstrip located 1 mile south of Wisner, Louisiana, on highway 15.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION IN LEVEL FLIGHT. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT MADE AN IMMEDIATE STRAIGHT IN LANDING IN THE COTTON FIELD. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE BLOWER FAILURE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN OR FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE USED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND LEFT WING FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BAILEY AG AVIATION'S PRIVATE AIRSTRIP LOCATED 1 MILE SOUTH OF WISNER, LOUISIANA, ON HIGHWAY 15.