# Accident 19981014029019A: Ayres S2R, Monroeville, AL, October 14, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Monroeville, AL
- Airport: Monroe County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.4291° N, 87.4004° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4291&lon=-87.4004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3093B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3093B-1999-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S-2R (registry code 0970101, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2R
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3311
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,356 total, 400 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981014029019A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STALLED DURING AERIAL APPLICATION, CRASHED AND WAS DESTROYED. (-23)PILOT STATED: THAT HE TOOK OFF WESTEND OF FIELD HEADING EAST.  MADE CLIMBING TURN TO NORTH.  LEVELED OFF AT 200'.  AT THAT POINT PILOT REDUCED POWER TO 98%, SET PROP TORQUE TO 42 AND TEMPERTURE OF 518.  HE THEN SET FLAPS TO HALF FLAPS.  AT THAT POINT A/C BUFFETED AND HE LOWERED THE NOSE AND ADDED FULL POWER.  NO RESPONCE.  AIRCRAFT STALLED AND WENT INTO THE TREES.           (-23) PILOT STATED: THAT HE TOOK OFF WEST END OF FIELD HEADING EAST. MADE CLIMBING TURN TO NORTH. LEVELED OFF AT 200'. AT THAT POINT PILOT REDUCED POWER TO 98% SET PROP TORQUE TO 42 DEGREES AND TEMPERATURE OF 518 DEGREES. HE THEN SET FLAPS TO HALF FLAPS. AT THAT POINT A/C BUFFETED AND HE LOWERED THE NOSE AND ADDED FULL POWER. NO RESPONSE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND WENT INTO THE TREES.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (.4)THE PILOT STATED HE TOOK OFF WITH FULL FLAPS. HE MADE A LEFT CROSSWIND TURN AND CLIMBED TO 200 FEET. HE RAISED THE FLAPS AND MADE A POWER REDUCTION. THE AIRPLANE SHUDDERED, HE LOWERED THE NOSE, AND ADDED POWER. THE LEFT WING DROPPED DOWN, THE AIRPLANE STALLED, AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND.

## 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 MIA99LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA007), Oct 14, 1998: Ayres S2R (N3093B), Frisco City, AL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed on climb out resulting in an inadvertent stall, and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.

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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