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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Ayres S-2R · Hondo, TX · June 27, 2000

Date: June 27, 2000 · 09:30 local
Place: Hondo, TX
Airport: Hondo Municipal Airport
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N4917X
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW00LA186
Reported as: Ayres S2R

N4917XRegistration cancelled Aug 9, 2004 · Rockwell International S-2RS/N 2110R · Built 1974 Airframe modelRockwell International S-2R Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot stated he departed Hondo Municipal Airport for aerial application practice flight over a corn filed approx. 9 miles north west. The pilot indicated he was practicing passes going north and south over the corn field. The pilot stated that during a turn out on the north end of the field the engine quit running due to fuel starvation. The pilot leveled the aircraft in a westerly direction parallel to a dirt lane and fence between an empty field and planted field. Due to the fence the pilot could not use the lane and attepmted a landing in the empty field. The filed was to soft and as the aircraft slowed down, the main wheel dug into the aircraft appeared to be limited to the propeller, left wing leading egde and tip, top of canopy structure, vertical fin and rudder. The aicraft will be flipped back over using a crane and escorted down the highway by local police back to t he airport for repairs.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED HONDO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR AERIAL APPLICATION PRACTICE FLIGHT OVER A CORN FILED APPROX. 9 MILES NORTH WEST. THE PILOT INDICATED HE WAS PRACTICING PASSES GOING NORTH AND SOUTH OVER THE CORN FIELD. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING A TURN OUT ON THE NORTH END OF THE FIELD THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE PILOT LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION PARALLEL TO A DIRT LANE AND FENCE BETWEEN AN EMPTY FIELD AND PLANTED FIELD. DUE TO THE FENCE THE PILOT COULD NOT USE THE LANE AND ATTEPMTED A LANDING IN THE EMPTY FIELD. THE FILED WAS TO SOFT AND AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED DOWN, THE MAIN WHEEL DUG INTO THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, LEFT WING LEADING EGDE AND TIP, TOP OF CANOPY STRUCTURE, VERTICAL FIN AND RUDDER. THE AICRAFT WILL BE FLIPPED BACK OVER USING A CRANE AND ESCORTED DOWN THE HIGHWAY BY LOCAL POLICE BACK TO T HE AIRPORT FOR REPAIRS.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB FTW00LA186Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHondo, TXThe fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.Jun 27, 2000 · Substantial damage