# Accident 20030819023369A: Ayres S2RT660, Blytheville, AR, August 19, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2003, 15:30 local time
- Place: Blytheville, AR
- Airport: Blytheville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KSAG
- Location: 35.9344° N, 89.9225° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9344&lon=-89.9225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4114A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4114A-2004-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T660 (registry code 0970112, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t660) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RT660
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,700 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA273) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030819023369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 08/19/2003 AT APPROX. 15:30 CDT, WHILE CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, N4114A AN AYERS 660 STRUCK HIGH TENSION WIRES BREAKING THREE 15 BY 90 CABLES. AIRCRAFT THEN TRAVELED SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS IN THE AIR AND AFTER GOING THROUGH A HIGH FENCE WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACTING THE GROUND. PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. PILOT HAD BEEN OPERATING IN THE AREA FOR APPROX. 2.5 HOURS.

## 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 CHI03LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA273), Aug 19, 2003: Ayres S2R-T660 (N4114A), Blytheville, AR, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout and altitude/clearance not being maintained from the transmission wires. A factor to the accident was the transmission wires.

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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