20050808023679A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Ayres S-2R · Lyford, TX · August 8, 2005

Date
August 8, 2005 · 09:18 local
Place
Lyford, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
DUTG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7794V
Reported as
Ayres S2R
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,000 total2,000 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Ag pilot was spraying on a north-south run and commencing a hart turn to reverse course. Halfway through the turn, at an IAS of 100-110, the engine flamed out. In the process of locating a suitable site to land, the pilot was confronted with a double pole power line, a deep drainage ditch and an irrigation channel. PIC missed all of the obstacles and aircraft stalled about 6-10 feet above the ground where it eventually came to rest. Damage was substantial as the airplane's right wingtip struck first and then the right landing gear, which collapsed on impact. Airplane was removed to a hangar in Lyford and is awaiting an engine teardown. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AG PILOT WAS SPRAYING ON A NORTH-SOUTH RUN AND COMMENCING A HART TURN TO REVERSE COURSE. HALFWAY THROUGH THE TURN, AT AN IAS OF 100-110, THE ENGINE FLAMED OUT. IN THE PROCESS OF LOCATING A SUITABLE SITE TO LAND, THE PILOT WAS CONFRONTED WITH A DOUBLE POLE POWER LINE, A DEEP DRAINAGE DITCH AND AN IRRIGATION CHANNEL. PIC MISSED ALL OF THE OBSTACLES AND AIRCRAFT STALLED ABOUT 6-10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHERE IT EVENTUALLY CAME TO REST. DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL AS THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK FIRST AND THEN THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR, WHICH COLLAPSED ON IMPACT. AIRPLANE WAS REMOVED TO A HANGAR IN LYFORD AND IS AWAITING AN ENGINE TEARDOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.