# Accident 20080715843639A: Swrngn S2RG6, Kilbourne, IL, July 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2008, 10:15 local time
- Place: Kilbourne, IL
- Airport: Baker
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PJFG
- Location: 40.1353° N, 91.0094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1353&lon=-91.0094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3105U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3105U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-G6 (registry code 0970216, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-g6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-5&6SER (registry code 01515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-5-6ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN S2RG6
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3316
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080715843639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT CRASHED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO DEPART A 3500 FOOT PRIVATE LANDING AREA TWO MILES SOUTH OF KILBOURNE, IL. ON TAKE-OFF, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AS IT STRUCK A SHALLOW DITCH BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND HIGHWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BECAME AIRBOURNE, STRUCK A SMALL OAK TREE, AND POWER LINES WHICH SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT ENOUGH TO CAUSE IT TO CRASH IN A CORN FIELD SOME 150 YARDS FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TREATED FOR CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION.

## 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 CHI08CA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA193), Jul 15, 2008: Ayres S2R-G6 (N3105U), Kilbourne, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate preflight planning and preparation and the aborted takeoff not performed by the pilot. Contributing to the accident were the trees and transmission wire.

## Other reports on N3105U (2)

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

- [Incident 20200726009149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200726009149I), Jul 26, 2020: Ayres Corporation S2R-G6 (N3105U), Morris, IL, Minor damage. Description of deviation: on July 26, 2020 the pilot in command (PIC) of N3105U, Ayres-S2R made a forced landing in a field in the vicinity of Morris, IL while…
- [Accident 20030716019879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030716019879A), Jul 16, 2003: Swrngn S2RG6 (N3105U), Underwood, ND, Substantial damage. (-23) On 7/16/2003 at 1945 CDT, an ayres S2R-G6, N3105U, owned and flown by ron erickson was substantially damaged during takeoff during an aerial application…

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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