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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ayres S2RT11NORMAL · West Memphis, AR · April 3, 1996

Date: April 3, 1996 · 07:05 local
Place: West Memphis, AR
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: ZJIG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N678JP
Reported as: Ayres S2RT11NORMAL
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,000 total5,000 in this make and model200 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.

Narrative: pilot was maneuvering the airplane for a swath run on a field from west to east. The pilot established a line of flight to fly above one wire and below a second wire. The pilot stated he struck the wire he intended to overfly. The collision resulted in the loss of 6" of one propeller blade, and minor damage to the left wing at the outboard-most leading edge rib. The pilot flew back to his runway. The pilot stated that he knew of the wire's presence, however, the line of flight established to pass under one wire was not the desired flight path to fly above the first wire (the struck wire).

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS MANEUVERING THE AIRPLANE FOR A SWATH RUN ON A FIELD FROM WEST TO EAST. THE PILOT ESTABLISHED A LINE OF FLIGHT TO FLY ABOVE ONE WIRE AND BELOW A SECOND WIRE. THE PILOT STATED HE STRUCK THE WIRE HE INTENDED TO OVERFLY. THE COLLISION RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF 6" OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AT THE OUTBOARD-MOST LEADING EDGE RIB. THE PILOT FLEW BACK TO HIS RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE KNEW OF THE WIRE'S PRESENCE, HOWEVER, THE LINE OF FLIGHT ESTABLISHED TO PASS UNDER ONE WIRE WAS NOT THE DESIRED FLIGHT PATH TO FLY ABOVE THE FIRST WIRE (THE STRUCK WIRE).