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FAA accident report · Ayres S2R-T34 · Hertford, NC · July 10, 2009

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Date
July 10, 2009 · 19:30 local
Place
Hertford, NC
Airport
Craig Craft
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
Q2CG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N357CA
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09LA394
Reported as
Ayres S2RT34
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A27
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,300 total0 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days
N357CARegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2012 · Ayres S2R-T34S/N 6000 · Built 1978Airframe modelAyres S2R-T34Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

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What happened

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

(-23) While on a flight to familiarize PIC with aircraft and to check calibration of spray nozzles with water, aircraft impacted with ground in cornfield. No witneses to the accident. Aircraft impacted ground inverted with no evidence of rotation or lateral movement. Area of damaged corn virtually the outline of the airframe. Corn was standing tall between the horizontal stabilizer and the wing trailing edge right up to the airfoil structure. Cause unknown.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE ON A FLIGHT TO FAMILIARIZE PIC WITH AIRCRAFT AND TO CHECK CALIBRATION OF SPRAY NOZZLES WITH WATER, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED WITH GROUND IN CORNFIELD. NO WITNESES TO THE ACCIDENT. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND INVERTED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF ROTATION OR LATERAL MOVEMENT. AREA OF DAMAGED CORN VIRTUALLY THE OUTLINE OF THE AIRFRAME. CORN WAS STANDING TALL BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE WING TRAILING EDGE RIGHT UP TO THE AIRFOIL STRUCTURE. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

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 ERA09LA394Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportHertford, NCThe in-flight collision with terrain for undetermined reasons.Jul 10, 2009 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N357CA · 1

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

Accident 20080724843269ALow Level Operations · Clinton, IL(-23) On July 24, 2008, near Clinton, IL, N357VS, operating as an agricultural aircraft struck a guide wire at the end of a swath run causing substantial damage to the outboard four feet of the right wing. No damage was reported to property on the surface.…Jul 24, 2008 · Substantial damage