# Incident 20050708013789I: Ayres S2RT34NORMAL, Mcgehee, AR, July 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2005, 19:00 local time
- Place: Mcgehee, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: DESG
- Location: 33.6278° N, 91.3950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McGehee, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6278&lon=-91.3950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N150AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T34 (registry code 0970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RT34NORMAL
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050708013789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 8, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 CDT, AYRES S2-RT34, N150AC, AN AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE, EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A 'CORN FIELD' NEAR MCGEHEE, ARKANSAS. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS CONDUCTING NORMAL SWATH RUNS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST COMPLETE POWER. HE ESTIMATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD APPROXIMATELY 100 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR, ^PRIVACY DAT^ OF THE LIT FSDO, DURING AND ON SITE INSPECTION, DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT POWER TRAIN EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY DESHA FLYING SERVICE, INC. THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATONS PART 137 AND AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT.

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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