# Accident 19960924029649A: Ayres S2RT34NORMAL, Granger, TX, September 24, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1996, 04:45 local time
- Place: Granger, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ICYG
- Location: 30.7181° N, 97.4412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Granger, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7181&lon=-97.4412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3107B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3107B-2017-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T45 (registry code 0970111, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RT34NORMAL
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A45A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960924029649A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DEPARTED IN NIGHT IMC. LOST CONTROL CRASHED 5MILES FROM TAKEOFF. FAILED CHECK WEATHER. SPIRAL DIVE. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 0445 CDT, AN AYERS S2R-T45 AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE, N3107B, WAS DESTROYED NEAR GRANGER, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE, OWNED AND OPERATED BY SCHWARZ SPRAYING SERVICE OF TAYLOR, TEXAS, WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT, MR. KENNETH SCHWARZ, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 453233658, WAS FATALLY INJURED. MR. SCHWARZ WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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