# Accident 19941121038689A: Ayres S2RR1820, Arcadia, FL, November 21, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1994, 13:45 local time
- Place: Arcadia, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NGFG
- Location: 27.2212° N, 81.8584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arcadia, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2212&lon=-81.8584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3097B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3097B-1996-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-R1820 (registry code 0970215, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-r1820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RR1820
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R182022
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941121038689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE QUIT ON SPRAY RUNWAY WITH LOUD BANG. STRUCK TREES. ENGINE SIEZED WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA95LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA024), Nov 21, 1994: Ayres S2R-R1820 (N3097B), Arcadia, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE ENGINE DUE TO A UNDETERMINED FAILURE IN THE ENGINE POWER SECTION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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