# Accident 20040611012169A: Ayres S2RR1340NORM, Eagle Lake, TX, June 11, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2004, 12:40 local time
- Place: Eagle Lake, TX
- Airport: Eagle Lake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: FRVG
- Location: 29.9783° N, 96.5647° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9783&lon=-96.5647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3104S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3104S-2022-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-R1340 (registry code 0970210, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-r1340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RR1340NORM
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,300 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040611012169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING A FAILURE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SUPPORT TUBE. DURING TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 35, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AT THE 2600 FOOT MARK. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE MUD, COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, BENT THE SPAR OF THE LEFT WING, DAMAGED THE LEFT AILERON, SUFFERED MUD INGESTION INTO THE ENGINE, AND BENT ALL THREE BLADES OF THE PROP. INITIAL ON-SITE INVESTIGATION BY TWO FAA INSPECTORS SHOWED A FAILURE OF A PREVIOUS REPAIR WELD ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SUPPORT TUBE. THE PILOT SAID HE BEGAN TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND HIS POST ACCIDENT DRAWING SHOWS HE BEGAN TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AT THE 920 FOOT MARK, AND HE SAID THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 35 APPROXIMATELY 1800 FEET FROM THE TAKEOFF END OF THE RUNWAY. THE TWO FAA INSPECTORS MEASURED THE ACTUAL TIRE MARKS LEAVING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AS BEING ACTUALLY 2,600 FEET FROM THE TAKEOFF END OF RUNWAY 35 AND N3104S CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 150 FEET IN THE WETLANDS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURY.

## 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 FTW04LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA159), Jun 11, 2004: Ayres S-2R (N3104S), Eagle Lake, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial collapse of the left main landing gear as a result of a failure of the fuselage structure due to corrosion.

## Other reports on N3104S (3)

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

- [Accident 20200712016229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200712016229A), Jul 12, 2020: Ayres Corporation S2R-R1340 (N3104S), Keokuk, IA, Substantial damage. On 07/12/2020 Ayres thrush S2R N3104S was flying from hayti, Missouri to vinton, Iowa the aircraft was full of fuel prior to departure. During the decent into…
- [Accident 20110425007589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110425007589A), Apr 25, 2011: Ayres Corporation S2R-R1340 (N3104S), Estelline, SD, Substantial damage. On April 25, 2011 at approximately 1500 (CDT) pilot richard h. jackson was attempting to takeoff from a private airstrip near Estelline, SD for an aerial…
- [Incident 20030416009669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030416009669I), Apr 16, 2003: Ayres S2RR1340NORM (N3104S), Eagle Lake, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Tail wheel shimmey on take off. Aborted take off. Ran off runway and bent right gear. Minor damage.

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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