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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Ayres S2R-G10 · Pioneer, LA · June 2, 2003

Date
June 2, 2003 · 15:00 local
Place
Pioneer, LA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
NPKG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2200Q
Reported as
Ayres S2RG10
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total140 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While pilot was applying fertilizer the aircraft lost power. The pilot maneuvered the aircraft and landed on a plowed field causing the main landing gear to collapse, propeller to contact the ground and damage to the aircraft belly skin. The pilot said that he was distracted and ran the aircraft out of fuel.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE PILOT WAS APPLYING FERTILIZER THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED ON A PLOWED FIELD CAUSING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE, PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED AND RAN THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF FUEL.