19990701022569I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Ayres S-2R · Groton, SD · July 1, 1999

Date
July 1, 1999 · 15:45 local
Place
Groton, SD
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5013X
Reported as
Ayres S2R
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total5,000 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5)The operator was spraying an insecticide when the engine lost power. The pilot attempted an emergency landing on a road. During the roll out the aircraft struck the tall grass along the road and ground looped and nosed over in the ditch.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)THE OPERATOR WAS SPRAYING AN INSECTICIDE WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROAD. DURING THE ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TALL GRASS ALONG THE ROAD AND GROUND LOOPED AND NOSED OVER IN THE DITCH.