# Incident 20110801016939I: Ayres Corporation S2R-T34, Vinton, IA, August 1, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2011, 17:30 local time
- Place: Vinton, IA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1NOG
- Location: 42.1631° N, 92.0262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vinton, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1631&lon=-92.0262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61220, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61220) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 17,100 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110801016939I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED HE WAS SPRAYING IN A CONTINUOUS DIRECTION, MAKING ALL LEFT HAND TURNS, FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES. AFTER COMPLETING THE LAST PASS, HE EXITED THE FIELD, MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS LATER, THE ENGINE SURGED. THE AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP WAS SWITCHED ON, AND THE ENGINE RAN FOR ABOUT ONE TO TWO SECONDS, THEN QUIT. A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING WAS EXECUTED ONTO A SOYBEAN FIELD, RESULTING IN NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO THE PILOT. AIR WAS DISCOVERED IN THE FUEL LINE, THE SYSTEM PURGED, AND THE ENGINE STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY. FUEL QUANTITY ON BOARD WAS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY GALLONS IN THE LEFT TANK AND FORTY GALLONS IN THE RIGHT TANK.

## Other reports on N61220 (1)

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

- [Accident 20050714034131A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050714034131A), Jul 14, 2005: Ayres S2RT34NORMAL (N61220), Mer Rouge, LA, Substantial damage. (-23) Approximately 1630 CDT, pilot ^privac^ was spraying westbound. He pulled up at the end of the row and struck the outer third of the right wing of…

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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