# Accident 20100503032909A: Aero Comman S2R, Dewitt, AR, May 3, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2010, 20:45 local time
- Place: Dewitt, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KRHG
- Location: 34.2792° N, 91.3298° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2792&lon=-91.3298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5531X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5531X-2011-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander S2R (registry code 0143022, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-s2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMAN S2R
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,250 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100503032909A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 3, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1630CST, AN AGRICULTURE AIRCRAFT, N5531X, AN AERO COMMANDER S2R, DEPARTED DEWITT COUNTY AIRPORT IN ARKANSAS TO SPRAY 3 FIELDS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS OPERATING FOR A FAR 137 CERTIFICATED OPERATOR (KRHG795F), AT 1800CST, THE A/C WAS REPORTED MISSING. AT 2045CST THE A/C WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEWITT, AR IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA ADJACENT TO ONE OF THE FIELDS HE WAS SUPPOSE TO SPRAY. THE PILOT WAS FOUND DECEASED IN THE A/C AND WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD. THERE WERE THE TOPS OF TWO OAK TREES BROKEN ABOUT 60' ABOVE THE GROUND 250' NORTH OF THE CRASH SITE.

## 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 CEN10LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA236), May 3, 2010: Aero Commander S2R (N5531X), DeWitt, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain clearance from terrain for undetermined reasons.

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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