# Accident 20000627010829A: Ayres S2R, Hondo, TX, June 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2000, 09:30 local time
- Place: Hondo, TX
- Airport: Hondo Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 29.3496° N, 99.1498° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3496&lon=-99.1498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4917X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4917X-2004-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International S-2R (registry code 7630202, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-s-2r) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000627010829A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 FTW00LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA186), Jun 27, 2000: Rockwell S-2R (N4917X), Hondo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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