# Accident 20050829024119A: Ayres S2RG10, Davenport, ND, August 29, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2005, 15:30 local time
- Place: Davenport, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PJFG
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3024U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3024U) (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: 6,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050829024119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 8/29/2005 AT 1530 CDT, AN AYRES S2R-G10, N3024U, OPERATED BY PLATH AVIATION AND FLOWN BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES NOR WERE ANY DISCLOSED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE OR REPORTED BY AN EYE WITNESS. THE INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT DURING TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ACCELERATED WHILE IN GROUND EFFECT AND SETTLED INTO A CORN FIELD AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE PRIVATELY OWNED GRASS STRIP AT DAVENPORT, ND. AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT THE SITE: BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR BUCKLED. RIGHT LEADING EDGE RIB DAMAGED BY LANDING GEAR. SOME SIGNS OF DEFORMATION OF THE FUSELAGE. RIGHT WING ROOT DAMAGE, PROPELLER BLADES BENT.

## 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 CHI05CA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA246), Aug 29, 2005: Ayres S2R-G10 (N3024U), Davenport, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot failed to gain suffient altitude during takeoff in order to clear the corn crop at the end of the runway. A factor associated with the accident was the corn crop.

## Other reports on N3024U (2)

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

- [Incident 20020725021609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020725021609I), Jul 25, 2002: Ayres S2RG10 (N3024U), Lamont, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was spraying and clipped power line. Wires scraped the belly of the aircraft and prop damage. Pilot flew the aircraft back to base. No injuries,…
- [Accident 19990606006439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990606006439A), Jun 6, 1999: Ayres S2RG10 (N3024U), North Platte, NE, Substantial damage. Acft right brake locked on take-off, and the left wing sustained damage, other circumstances are unknown. (-23)on June 6, 1999, at 0830 CDT, an ayers S2R-F10,…

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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