# Incident 19991111036769I: Ayres S2R, Suprise, AZ, November 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1999, 08:30 local time
- Place: Suprise, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Aircraft: N8973Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8973Q-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander S2R (registry code 0143022, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-s2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2R
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,563 total, 1,893 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991111036769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER EXPELLING CHEMICAL LOAD PILOT WAS IN CRUISE FLT RETURNING TO HOME BASE WHEN POWERPLANT POWER SETTING/RPM WOULD NOT FOLLOW COCKPIT TROTTLE MOVEMENT.  PILOT NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER AND ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SOFT DIRT FIELD  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN UNEVENTFULLY, HOWEVER AT THE END OF ITS ROLL-OUT THE MAIN WHEELS DUG INTO THE SPOT DIRT AND THE A/L NOSED OVER (SLOWLY) COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE PROP L/H WING TIP AND COCKPIT UPPER ROLL BAR WAS DAMAGED.  NO PILOT INJURIES.  NO FIRE.

## Other reports on N8973Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19920801043839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920801043839I), Aug 1, 1992: Ayres S2RR1340REST (N8973Q), Litchfield Park, AZ, Minor damage. Lost power on a low pass over field. Forced landing in another field. Found NR3 cylinder separated from barrel.
- [Accident 19740831029739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740831029739A), Aug 31, 1974: Ayres S2R (N8973Q), Marsing, ID, Substantial damage. Small strip. Swerved l off rwy when wing hit high weeds. Hit irrigation corrugate.

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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