20090514006719I

Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Ayres S-2R · Monroe, LA · May 14, 2009

Date: May 14, 2009 · 14:26 local
Place: Monroe, LA
Airport: Monroe Regional
Phase of flight: Maneuver
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: SJBG
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N223SB
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN09LA297
Reported as: Ayres S2R
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,000 total12,000 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N223SBRegistration cancelled Jun 26, 2009 · Ayres S-2RS/N T45-014DC Airframe modelAyres S-2R

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft was spraying a crop field on the south end of the mlu airport. The aircraft was on its last spray run going east and when the pilot pulled up, the vertical stabilizer snagged a electric power line. The aircraft rear section of the fuselage consisting of the vertical and horizontal stabilizers along with about three feet of the rear fuselage was pulled off the aircraft causing the pilot to loss control and crashed just south of the airport fence on the railroad tracks.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS SPRAYING A CROP FIELD ON THE SOUTH END OF THE MLU AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS LAST SPRAY RUN GOING EAST AND WHEN THE PILOT PULLED UP, THE VERTICAL STABILIZER SNAGGED A ELECTRIC POWER LINE. THE AIRCRAFT REAR SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE CONSISTING OF THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS ALONG WITH ABOUT THREE FEET OF THE REAR FUSELAGE WAS PULLED OFF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE PILOT TO LOSS CONTROL AND CRASHED JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT FENCE ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN09LA297Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMonroe, LAThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power transmission lines during an aerial application run.May 14, 2009 · Substantial damage