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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Ayres S2R-G10 · Minden, NE · June 28, 2012

Date: June 28, 2012 · 06:45 local
Place: Minden, NE
Airport: Minden, Ne
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: RMQG
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N3299Z
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN12CA403
Reported as: Ayres S2R-G10
Reported engine: Garrett TPE-33-10-51M
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total112 in this make and model149 in the last 90 days

N3299ZRegistration cancelled Dec 12, 2015 · Ayres S2R-G10S/N G10-120 · Built 1996 Airframe modelAyres S2R-G10 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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At 0645 CDT on June 28, 2011, N3299Z, Ayres corp. S2R-G10, was engaged in agricultural aerial spray operations over a cornfield near the intersection of the 35 road and p road, four miles northeast of Minden, Ne. The aircraft was being operated under 14 CFR part 137. The aircraft was on a south heading of 180? Spraying a swath of corn parallel to 35 road. The pilot climbed over a row of trees with adjacent grain bins and descended to continue spraying the swath. The pilot allowed the aircraft to descend slightly too low and into the top of the corn stalks. The pilot made every effort to regain altitude to clear the top of the corn, however was unsuccessful. After approximately five hundred feet of travel in the corn, the aircraft rolled and came to rest inverted about 100 feet north of p road. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot suffered minor cuts and scrapes to face and arms.

As the FAA filed it

AT 0645 CDT ON JUNE 28, 2011, N3299Z, AYRES CORP. S2R-G10, WAS ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL AERIAL SPRAY OPERATIONS OVER A CORNFIELD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE 35 ROAD AND P ROAD, FOUR MILES NORTHEAST OF MINDEN, NE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 137. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A SOUTH HEADING OF 180? SPRAYING A SWATH OF CORN PARALLEL TO 35 ROAD. THE PILOT CLIMBED OVER A ROW OF TREES WITH ADJACENT GRAIN BINS AND DESCENDED TO CONTINUE SPRAYING THE SWATH. THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND SLIGHTLY TOO LOW AND INTO THE TOP OF THE CORN STALKS. THE PILOT MADE EVERY EFFORT TO REGAIN ALTITUDE TO CLEAR THE TOP OF THE CORN, HOWEVER WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF TRAVEL IN THE CORN, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED ABOUT 100 FEET NORTH OF P ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR CUTS AND SCRAPES TO FACE AND ARMS.

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 CEN12CA403Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMinden, NEThe pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from the wake turbulence from a previous pass.Jun 28, 2012 · Substantial damage