# Accident 20050706016659A: Ayres S2RG10, Wickenburg, AZ, July 6, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2005, 19:00 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Wickenburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZFEG
- Location: 33.9022° N, 112.7839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9022&lon=-112.7839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N440AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N440AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-G10 (registry code 0970217, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-g10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RG10
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05TA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05TA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050706016659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07/06/05 AT ABOUT 1900 HRS THE PILOT REFUELED N440AT AT MARANA REGIONAL AIRPORT (AVQ) THEN FLEW DIRECTLY TO A FIRE NEAR I-10 AND MARANA, AZ. HE WORKED THE FIRE AND THEN AS IT WAS GETTING DARK AND COULD NO LONGER LEGALLY WORK THE FIRE HE WAS SENT, BY THE FIRE COMMAND, TO THE STAGING AREA IN WICKENBURG, AZ TO RON. THE PILOT STATED HE FLEW THE FIRE AND THEN TO WICKENBURG AND WAS ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT (E25) WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. HE THEN CRASH LANDED IN A GULLEY, WALKED TO HIGHER GROUND TO USE HIS CELL PHONE TO CALL FOR HELP.

## 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 LAX05TA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05TA226), Jul 7, 2005: Ayres S2R-G10 (N440AT), Wickenburg, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N440AT (1)

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

- [Incident 19940901024879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940901024879I), Sep 1, 1994: Ayres S2RT34RESTD (N440AT), Sunprise, AZ, Substantial damage. Struck power line entering night spray run. Nosed over on forced landing. Brief fire. Extinquished by pilot.

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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