# Incident 20020808022579I: Ayres S2R, Searcy, AR, August 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2002
- Place: Searcy, AR
- Airport: Searcy Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TY6G
- Location: 35.2411° N, 91.7352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Searcy, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2411&lon=-91.7352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5042X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5042X-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International S-2R (registry code 7630202, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-s-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C7BA series (registry code 67017, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c7ba-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2R
- Pilot flight hours: 8,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020808022579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SECOND LANDING OF THE DAY ON TOUCHDOWN PILOT STATES THAT TAIL WHEEL HIT A BUMP WHERE RUNWAY TRANSITIONS FROM GRASS TO ASPHALT. AT THAT POINT TAIL WHEEL BEGAN TO OSCILLATE AND DID NOT LOCK. OSCILLATION CONTINUED AND INCREASED PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT, AFTER APPROX. 200 FEET THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED A DRAINAGE DITCH THAT PARALLEL THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N5042X (1)

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

- [Accident 19860827042569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860827042569A), Aug 27, 1986: Ayres S2RR1340REST (N5042X), Shellman, GA, Substantial damage. Smoke from engine on takeoff. Engine failed and aircraft landed in a cornfield. Supercharger bearing had failed.

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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