# Accident 20110616025109A: Ayres Corporation S2R-T34, Altheimer, AR, June 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2011, 13:30 local time
- Place: Altheimer, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: SL6G
- Location: 34.3197° N, 91.8411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3197&lon=-91.8411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30902, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30902-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T34 (registry code 0970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES CORPORATION S2R-T34
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA404) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110616025109A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 16, 2011, AT 1330 CST, AN AYRES THRUSH, MODEL S2R-T34, N30902, REGISTERED TO SWAN LAKE FLYING SERVICES INC., SUFFERED AN ENGINE STOPPAGE, FOLLOWED BY AN INFLIGHT FIRE.  AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING WAS INITIATED, AIRCRAFT BURNED AND WAS DESTROYED NEAR SWAN LAKE, ARKANSAS, WHILE APPLYING FERTILIZER.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE PILOT HAD MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LADD AIRFIELD, ARKANSAS, ON JUNE 16, 2011 AT 1325 CST.

## 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 CEN11LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA404), Jun 16, 2011: Ayres S2R-T34 (N30902), Athleimer, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the first stage planetary gearset in the propeller reduction gearbox, which resulted in catastrophic engine failure. Contributing to the failure was the misrepresentation of the gearset…

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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