# Accident 20000329008959A: Ayres S2RG10, Leslie, GA, March 29, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2000, 09:45 local time
- Place: Leslie, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.7297° N, 84.1706° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7297&lon=-84.1706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4089Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4089Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-G10 (registry code 0970217, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-g10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RG10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000329008959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED THE COMPANY PRIVATE STRIP AND PROCEEDED TO THE ASSIGNED FIELD TO BEGIN APPLICATION. THE FIRST SWATH RUN WAS MADE ON A HEADING OF APPROX. 250 DEGREES, AT ABOUT A 40 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE CROP ROWS. AS HE MADE THIS PASS, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED THE TOPS OF THE FURROWS, FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SOME 100 FEET FURTHER ALONG THE FLIGHT PATH. THE LEFT MAIN SHEARED AFTER CONTACTING ABOUT TEN FURROWS AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ENOUGH TO KNOCK THE SPRAY PUMP OFF THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL UP SINCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING THE TREE LINE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIELD. THE TAIL WHEEL CONTACTED THE GROUND AT THIS POINT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO ENTER A STEEP CLIMB OVER THE TREES (ABOUT 80-90 FEET TALL). AT THE SAME TIME, A WITNESS ON THE GROUND OBSERVED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE FOLLOWED BY BLADE ROTATION SLOW ENOUGH TO COUNT THE INDIVIDUAL BLADES. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OVER AS HE CLEARED THE TREE LINE SINCE HE APPARENTLY DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD IN AN ADJACENT OPEN FIELD. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SHEARED OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TO THE RIGHT 180 DEGREES DURING THE SLIDE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATE AS HE MADE THE PASS THROUGH THE FIELD. HE ALSO STATES THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE TREES, HE FELT THAT HE DID NOT HAVE POWER FROM THE ENGINE AND, SINCE HE WAS APPROACHING A STALL, HE LOWERED THE NOSE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO KEEP THE WINGS LEVER. THIS RESULTED IN THE HARD LANDING IN THE FIELD.

## 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 MIA00LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA123), Mar 29, 2000: Ayres S2R-G10 (N4089Q), Leesburg, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance during a spray pass resulting in the in-flight collision with the raised rows of the field.

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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