# Accident 20080620839029A: Swrngn S2RG6, June 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2008, 12:50 local time
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: SL6G
- Location: 34.2100° N, 92.0231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2100&lon=-92.0231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61374, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61374) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-G6 (registry code 0970216, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-g6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN S2RG6
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080620839029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 6/20/2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:50 PM, AIRPLANE N61374, AN AYRES MODEL S2R-G6, SERIAL NUMBER G6-119, WHILE PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION FOR 14 CFR 137 AIR OPERATOR (SL6G), EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF PINE BLUFF, AR, (PBF).  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 DEN08LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA107), Jun 20, 2008: Ayres S2R-G6 (N61374), Pine Bluff, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of an electrical short in the wiring to the manual fuel switch that closed the fuel valves.

## Other reports on N61374 (1)

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

- [Incident 19980930038599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980930038599I), Sep 30, 1998: Swrngn S2RG6 (N61374), Sherrill, AR, Minor damage. (-5)After making a application manuver the pilot pulled nose up, leveled out at low altitude and the engine ceased to develop power. The pilot elected to make…

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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