# Incident 19990625034449I: Ayres S2RT34RESTD, Dewitt, AR, June 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1999, 07:00 local time
- Place: Dewitt, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.2874° N, 91.3383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeWitt, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2874&lon=-91.3383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N393KW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N393KW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T34 (registry code 0970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42 (registry code 52062, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RT34RESTD
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990625034449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A CROP DUSTING OPERATION NEAR DEWITT, ARKANSAS ON JUNE 25, 1999 AT 0700, MR. MICHAEL MEINS, A COMMERCIAL AG PILOT, WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AN AYRES THRUSH, N393KW AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP BELONGING TO WIL-CO FLYING SERVICE WHO IS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT. BY MR. MEINS STATEMENT, AS HE WAS APPROACHING HIS TOUCH DOWN POINT HE NOTICED A POOL OF WATER STANDING ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ADDED POWER TO LAND PAST IT.  AS HE TOUCHED DOWN HE SAID "I THOUGHT I REVERSED THRUST BUT I HAD NO STOPPING POWER EXCEPT BRAKES".  HE DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT 2/3RDS OF THE WAY DOWN.  AS THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.  AT THE TIME THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND, IT WAS FEATHERED.  MR. MEINS DOES NOT REMEMBER WHEN HE FEATHERED IT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO MR. MEINS.

## Other reports on N393KW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20250825012119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250825012119A), Aug 25, 2025: Ayeres Corporation S2R-T34 (N393KW), Beaman, IA, Substantial damage. Pilot failed to maintain altitude, landed short of the runway, main landing gear collapsed due to a hard landing.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.