# Accident 20130628010999A: Ayres Corporation S2R-T34, Heth, AR, June 28, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2013, 12:10 local time
- Place: Heth, AR
- Airport: Black Fish
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.1169° N, 90.4872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1169&lon=-90.4872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N455JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N455JM-2021-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T34 (registry code 0970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG (registry code 52251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES CORPORATION S2R-T34
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA384) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130628010999A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 28, 2013 AT 1210 CST, AN AYERS CORPORATION S2R-T34, N455JM, OWNED BY HUMPHREY B FLYING, LLC, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, AND BEING OPERATED ON CONTRACT UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL CERTIFICATE OF HUTCHERSON FLYING, INC., OF FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS, EXPERIENCED A RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING AT HUTCHERSON FLYING INC.?S BLACK FISH AERODROME NEAR HETH, ARKANSAS, WHILE RETURNING FROM A ROUTINE AGRICULTURAL OPERATION. DURING LANDING, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND HIT A MUD HOLE IN THE UNIMPROVED PORTION OF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMENTLY 30 FEET BEFORE THE ASPHALT, CONTRIBUTING TO STRESS LOADS APPLIED TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN THE R/H LANDING GEAR LOWER SUPPORT STRUT WELDMENT FAILING AT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AXLE.  INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INTERNAL CORROSION IN THE INNER STRUT TUBING, INBOARD OF THE RIGHT BRAKE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY IN THE WELDS THAT ATTACHED THE UPPER AND LOWER LANDING GEAR STRUTS TO THE AXLE.  THERE IS EVIDENCE OF A PREVIOUS CRACK IN THE STRUT IN THE VICINITY OF THE FAILURE POINT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE PROPELLER AND LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE BLACK FISH AERODROME, HETH, ARKANSAS

## 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 CEN13LA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA384), Jun 28, 2013: Ayres S2R-T34 (N455JM), Heth, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial collapse of the right main landing gear during landing due to an improper previous weld repair to the right main landing gear and subsequent corrosion, which resulted in a loss 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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