# Accident 20000428008639A: Ayres S2R600, Buckeye, AZ, April 28, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2000, 07:30 local time
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.3795° N, 112.5501° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3795&lon=-112.5501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4018P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2R600
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,500 total, 5,200 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000428008639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD A FULL LOAD AND WAS ABOUT TO SPRAY FIELD WHEN THE FAN BRAKE BECAME INOPERATIVE. PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN FOR LANDING. DURING THE LANDING THE RUNWAY WAS ONLY PARTIALLY PAVED. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON DIRT AND WHEN AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN TIRE HIT BERM WHERE THE ASPHALT MEETS THE DIRT THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN. (.4) ON APRIL 28, 2000, AT 0730 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, AN AYRES CORPORATION S2R-600, N4018P, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY WHILE LANDING AT A PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL AIRSTRIP NEAR BUCKEYE, ARIZONA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A 14 CFR PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THE LOCAL AREA FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME AND WAS TERMINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LANDING WITH ABOUT 400 GALLONS OF PESTICIDE. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE RUNWAY WAS HALF ASPHALT AND HALF DIRT. THERE WAS A BUMP IN THE RUNWAY WHERE THE TWO SURFACES CAME TOGETHER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HIT THE BUMP AND THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT. HE WAS UNABLE TO                   STRAIGHTEN OUT THE AIRPLANE AND ADDED POWER TO ATTEMPT TO BECOME AIRBORNE AGAIN, BUT DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME. THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY, HIT A BERM AND FLEW OVER A CONCRETE IRRIGATION DITCH THAT RAN PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY, AND THEN CAME TO REST IN AN ALFALFA FIELD. THE LANDING GEAR SEPARATED DURING THE SEQUENCE.

## 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 LAX00LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA175), Apr 28, 2000: Ayres S2R-600 (N4018P), Buckeye, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. A factor in the accident was the uneven runway surface.

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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