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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Ayres S2RT15NORMAL · Marion, IN · July 3, 2007

Date
July 3, 2007 · 15:56 local
Place
Marion, IN
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
FWCG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3088K
Reported as
Ayres S2RT15NORMAL
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A15AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
920 total10 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) While spraying crops pilot encountered an engine failure, performed an emergency landing into a bean field and came to rest in a 30 foot ditch.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE SPRAYING CROPS PILOT ENCOUNTERED AN ENGINE FAILURE, PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A BEAN FIELD AND CAME TO REST IN A 30 FOOT DITCH.