# Accident 20050714023849A: Ayres S2R, Walnut, IL, July 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2005, 14:45 local time
- Place: Walnut, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: W3GG
- Location: 41.5333° N, 89.5833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5333&lon=-89.5833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8962Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8962Q-2012-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander S2R (registry code 0143022, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-s2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 (registry code 51612, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1340-an-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2R
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050714023849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON RETURNING FROM AN AERIAL SPRAY, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED HIS FUEL GUAGES WERE AT 1/4 EACH WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. HE ATTEMPTED TO BUILD FUEL PRESSURE WITH THE "WOBBLE PUMP", BUT FELT IT WASN'T WORKING. HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORN FIELD, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AS THE COCKPIT AND TIP OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER/RUDDER WERE CRUSHED. THERE WAS NO FIRE.

## 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 CHI05CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA185), Jul 14, 2005: Aero Commander S2R (N8962Q), Walnut, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision. A contributing factor was the corn field.

## Other reports on N8962Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20110901021229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110901021229A), Sep 1, 2011: Aero Commander S2R (N8962Q), Park Rapids, MN, Destroyed. While returning to pkd after aerial aplication, the aircraft experienced RPM loss. Unable to maintain altitude the pilot executed an emergency landing on a…

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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