# Accident 20060519011839A: Ayres S2RT34RESTD, Winchester, AR, May 19, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2006
- Place: Winchester, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: DESG
- Location: 33.7572° N, 91.5411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7572&lon=-91.5411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N283TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N283TA-2009-09-17) (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 S2RT34RESTD
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,268 total, 613 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060519011839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 05/19/2006 AT APPROX. 13:00 N283TA ON TAKE OFF CONTACTED DITCH BANK AT END OF RUNWAY AND DAMAGED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND TAIL WHEEL WAS BROKEN OFF. PILOT WAS ABLE TO GAIN AND MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AFTER WHICH HE ELECTED TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD BY DISPENSING THE CHEMICALS. THIS WAS AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT UNDER VMC CONDITIONS AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. SOME PERIOD OF TIME LATER AFTER DISPENSING THE LOAD AND EVALUATING THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BY ANOTHER PILOT THE OPERATOR OPTED TO LAND IN A FRESHLY CULTIVATED RICE FIELD WHERE UPON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED ON TOUCH DOWN, THE PILOT ESCAPED UNHARMED. AN UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME LATER THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND DESTROYED.

## 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 DFW06CA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA137), May 19, 2006: Ayres S2R-T34 (N283TA), Winchester, AR, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff following the partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the rising embankment at the end of the runway.

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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