# Incident 20000928029899I: Ayres S2R, Cochran, GA, September 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2000, 20:00 local time
- Place: Cochran, GA
- Airport: Cochran Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4007° N, 83.2784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COCHRAN (48A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4007&lon=-83.2784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8943Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8943Q-2005-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander S2R (registry code 0143022, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-s2r) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000928029899I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS THE PIC OF N8943Q WHICH WAS ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATED THAT HE FUELED N8943Q AND PROCEEDED TO A FIELD MAKE ONE APPLICATION OF CHEMICALS AND RETURN TO THE CACHRAN, GA AIRPORT (48A).  ^PRIVACY DATA^ DETERMINED THAT HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO RETURN TO THE FIELD AND APPLY A SECOND LOAD WITHOUT REFUELING.  AFTER LEAVING THE FIELD ON THE RETURN FLIGHT TO 48A THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND QUIT.  ^PRIVACY DATA^ ENGAGED THE HAND PUMP AND THE ENGINE RAN FOR A MOMENT AND THEN QUIT.  N8943Q LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES N NW OF THE 48A AIRPORT.  DURING THE OFF AIRPORT LANDING THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8943Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020717020169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020717020169A), Jul 17, 2002: Ayres S2R (N8943Q), Cochran, GA, No damage. (-23) Upon further investigation of engine found engine magneto case busted, which would confirm pilot's story of total power lost.

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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