# Accident 20090710012589A: Ayres S2RT34, Hertford, NC, July 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2009, 19:30 local time
- Place: Hertford, NC
- Airport: Craig Craft
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: Q2CG
- Location: 36.2786° N, 76.4817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2786&lon=-76.4817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N357CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N357CA-2012-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T34 (registry code 0970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RT34
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A27
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA394) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090710012589A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 ERA09LA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA394), Jul 10, 2009: Ayres S2R-T34 (N357CA), Hertford, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight collision with terrain for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N357CA (1)

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

- [Accident 20080724843269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080724843269A), Jul 24, 2008: Ayres S2RT34NORMAL (N357CA), Clinton, IL, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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