# Accident 19980825029849A: Ayres S2R, Colquitt, GA, August 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1998, 08:19 local time
- Place: Colquitt, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.1732° N, 84.7324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colquitt, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1732&lon=-84.7324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5506X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5506X-2002-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International S-2R (registry code 7630202, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-s-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C7BA series (registry code 67017, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c7ba-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980825029849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUG 15, 1998 AFTER A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION AND LOADING 70 GAL OF FUEL AND 150 GAL OF CHEMICALS IN N5506X A ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL S-2R AIRCRAFT. AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 HRS MR. BILLY E PHILLIPS DEPARTED THE DOUBLE R FLIGHT SERVICE AIRSTRIP IN COLQUITT GA. FLYING NORTHWEST FOR APPROXIMATELY 7 NAUTICAL MILE, MR. PHILLIPS STARTED HIS FIRST PASS IN A COTTON FIELD WAS UNEVENTFUL, AFTER TURNING AROUND FOR HIS SECOND MR. PHILLIPS NOTED THE DISTANCE FROM HIS AIRCRAFT TO A IRRIGATION SYSTEM, PLANNING TO OVER FLY THE SYSTEM MR. PHILLIPS LOOKED AWAY INTO THE COTTON FIELD AFTER RETURNING HIS ATTENTION TO THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, MR. PHILLIPS REALIZED HE WAS TOO CLOSE TO FLY OVER IT. MR. PHILLIPS ATTEMPTED TO USE ALL HIS SKILL TO CLEAR THE SYSTEM BUT DID NOT MAKE IT. HIS PROPELLER WAS THE FIRST TO IMPACT WITH THE SYSTEM, SEVERING A 4 INCH WATER PIPE AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE. THE WING TIPS WERE REMOVED BY THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE. STILL TRYING TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT HE TRAVELED 40 FEET THROUGH THE COTTON AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT HIT TERRAIN RIPPING OFF THE PROP AND GEARBOX FROM THE FRONT OF THE PT6 ENGINE. BOUNCING AND FLIPPING OVER THE LEFT WING DRAGGED THE GROUND DESTROYING THE WING AND RIPPINGOPEN THE FUEL TANK. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED. WITH FUEL LEAKING OUT MR. PHILLIPS WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER WALKING AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT A POST FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRCRAFT. MR. PHILLIPS WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR OBSERVATION AND MINOR INJURIES. MR. PHILLIPS STATED THAT HE MISJUDGED T HE DISTANCE AND THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ATL98LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA121), Aug 25, 1998: Rockwell S-2R (N5506X), Colquitt, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout, and his failure to maintain adequate clearance of known equipment, resulted in the collision with the field irrigation system.

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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