# Accident 20060518010072A: Ayres S2RT660, Dewitt, AR, May 18, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2006, 12:00 local time
- Place: Dewitt, AR
- Airport: Dewitt Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: W8CG
- Location: 34.2192° N, 91.3139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2192&lon=-91.3139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4121G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4121G-2007-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T660 (registry code 0970112, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t660) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RT660
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 11,000 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060518010072A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 18, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 CDT, A GRUMMAN G-164, N6629, COLLIDED WITH AN AYRES-S2R, N4121G. THE AYRES, N4121G, WAS FERRYING A LOAD OF FERTILIZER TO A FIELD SOUTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 1 NAUTICAL MILE SOUTH OF THE DEWITT, ARKANSAS, AIRPORT (5M1). THE PILOT OF G-164, N6629, RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES, WHILE THE PILOT OF AYRES N4121G WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 137, N6629 BY AUFDERHEIDE FLYING SERVICE (KRHG), AND N4121G BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^, D/B/A WIL-CO FLYING SERVICE, LLC (W8CG) WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. N6629 DEPARTED 5M1 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 CDT, AND N4121G DEPARTED A PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL AIRSTRIP AT APPROXIMATELY 11:55 CDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLANS WERE FILED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6629, Scwzer G164A: [Accident 20060518010071A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060518010071A)

## 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 DFW06LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA130), May 18, 2006: Ayres S2R (N4121G), DeWitt, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure by both pilots to maintain adequate visual lookout and the Grumman G-164A pilot's impairment caused by the recent use of marijuana.

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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