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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ayres S-2R · Hancock, MN · May 16, 2000

Date
May 16, 2000 · 08:30 local
Place
Hancock, MN
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N34955
Reported as
Ayres S2R
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,400 total1,000 in this make and model12 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.

(-23)Aircraft lost power during spray operations. Airman attempted landing on road. Left main hit on road shoulder, aircraft veered left into plowed lielf, left wing tip hit, aircraft rolled inverted. Inspection of aircraft found major cracks in #7 cylinder.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DURING SPRAY OPERATIONS. AIRMAN ATTEMPTED LANDING ON ROAD. LEFT MAIN HIT ON ROAD SHOULDER, AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT INTO PLOWED LIELF, LEFT WING TIP HIT, AIRCRAFT ROLLED INVERTED. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT FOUND MAJOR CRACKS IN #7 CYLINDER.