# Incident 20010416006219I: Ayres S2RT34NORMAL, Firebaugh, CA, April 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2001, 12:30 local time
- Place: Firebaugh, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: VT6G
- Location: 36.8511° N, 120.4526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Firebaugh, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8511&lon=-120.4526&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40126, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40126) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T34 (registry code 0970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RT34NORMAL
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,280 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010416006219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 12, 2001 AT APPROX. 1230 LOCAL TIME (PDT), N40126 A AYRES-S2-RT34 RESTRICTED AIRPLANE HAD A WIRE STRIKE WHILE APPROACHING A FIELD TO SPRAY. THE AIRPLANE SEVERED SEVERAL FEET OF WIRE CABLE, APPROX. 1" IN DIAMETER. AFTER THE WIRE STRIKE THE A/C WAS ABLE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A TOMATO FIELD REPORTED TO BE ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE POWER LINE STRIKE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT SUBSTANTIAL. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS EXPERIENCING A POWER LOSS AT THE TIME OF THE STRIKE. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED WITH EMPHASIS ON PROCEDURES.

## Other reports on N40126 (3)

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

- [Incident 20190311001199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190311001199I), Mar 11, 2019: Ayres Corporation S2R-T34 (N40126), Firebaugh, CA, Minor damage. On March 11, 2019, N40126 an Ayres thrush was involved in an incident when the aircraft landed in a orchard. The aircraft was returning from an agricultural…
- [Incident 19990707022169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990707022169I), Jul 7, 1999: Ayres S2R (N40126), Mendota, CA, Minor damage. The pilot was attempting to land on a farm strip just after sunset. Due in part to blowing dust from a passing vehicle the pilot mistook a soft field next to…
- [Incident 19980825022149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980825022149I), Aug 25, 1998: N40126, Firesbaugh, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft N40126 was flying ten miles north of firebaugh, CA, approximately three miles north of highway thirty-three, one half mile north of valeria avenure…

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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