# Accident 19980618014219A: Ayres S2RR1340NORM, Humphrey, AR, June 18, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1998, 08:15 local time
- Place: Humphrey, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZJMG
- Location: 34.4191° N, 91.7008° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4191&lon=-91.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4020G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4020G-2012-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-R1340 (registry code 0970210, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-r1340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RR1340NORM
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 12,996 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980618014219A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED DURING AERIAL APPLICATION, PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJ, ACFT HAS SUBST DAMAGE. (-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 8:15 AM ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 18, 1998, AN AYRES THRUSH, S2R OWNED BY NED R. BROWN, AND SUSPECTED OF BEING OPERATED BY ME NED BROWN WHILE DOING AERIAL APPLICATION APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF WABBASEKA, AR CRASHED INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA AND SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES, FIRE WAS INVOLVED. LOCATION OF ACCIDENT: THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE CIRCLE T. RANCH, A PRIVATELY OWNED DUCK HUNTING CLUB. THE CLUB IS OWNED BY CHARLES & ELIZABETH SMITH OF MEMPHIS, TN.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (.4)THE AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES WHILE APPLYING FERTILIZER TO A RICE FIELD. A PERSON ABOUT A MILE FROM THE FIELD WHERE THE PILOT WAS WORKING, HEARD THE AIRPLANE AS IT WORKED THE FIELD.  ABOUT 3 OR 4 MINUTES AFTER HE HEARD THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE 'QUIT,' AND HE SAW SMOKE.  CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED TO ALL FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES, AND BOTH PROPELLER BLADES EXHIBITED SIGNATURES OF ENGINE POWER.  THE PILOT HAD REPORTED NOT FEELING GOOD AND PLANNED TO GO HOME AFTER THE NEXT FLIGHT.  ALTHOUGH THE AUTOPSY OF THE PILOT NOTED SEVERE CORONARY DISEASE, THERE WERE NO AREAS OF COMPLETE BLOCKAGE OF THE CORONARY ARTERIES, AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF AN OLD OR RECENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (HEART ATTACK) IDENTIFIED.  THE PILOT WAS BEING TREATED FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE WITH TWO MEDICINES: SURAL (NISOLDIPINE) AND LEVATOL (PENBUTOLOL).  NISOLDIPINE AND PENBUTOLOL ARE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBED FOR PATIENTS WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.  POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE LOW BLOOD PRESSURE AND SLOWED HEART RATE.  ALSO, IT WAS  POSSIBLE THAT THE PILOT'S MEDICATIONS IN COMBINATION WITH HIS EXISTING CARDIAC DISEASE COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED HIS TOLERANCE TO REPEATED G-EXPOSURE.

## 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 FTW98FA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA272), Jun 18, 1998: Ayres S2R-R1340 (N4020G), Humphrey, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's visual lookout was inadequate for undetermined reasons.

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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