# Accident 20080510834449A: Ayres S2R, Brawley, CA, May 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2008, 18:38 local time
- Place: Brawley, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LWOG
- Location: 32.7644° N, 115.4136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7644&lon=-115.4136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8860Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8860Q-2021-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International S-2R (registry code 7630202, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-s-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080510834449A

## Narrative

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

(-23)N8860Q A ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL S-2R CRASHED WHILE PERFORMING AERIAL SPRAY OPERATIONS (CROP DUSTING) THE AIRCRAFT HAD A LOSS OF POWER WHILE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM SECOND PASS OF FIELD. PILOT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE FIELD ON LANDING IN THE FIELD THE WHEELS STUCK IN THE MUD CAUSING THE AIRCAFT TO FLIP OVER AND ENGINE TO BREAK OFF AT THE ACCESSORY GEAR BOX.

## 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 SEA08LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA133), May 11, 2008: Thrush S-2R (N8860Q), Holtville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of oil pressure for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N8860Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20100929046439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100929046439I), Sep 29, 2010: Rockwell In S-2R (N8860Q), Imperial, CA, Substantial damage. During a part 137 aerial appication operation, N8860Q an S2R cashed in a field during a return manuver due to the aircraft running out of gas, the aircraft…

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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