# Accident 20160819009679A: Thrush Aircraft Inc S2R-T660, Ruthton, MN, August 19, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2016, 08:10 local time
- Place: Ruthton, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PUJG
- Location: 44.2172° N, 96.0772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2172&lon=-96.0772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40499, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40499-2018-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thrush S2R-T660 (registry code 8380312, https://openairdocs.org/model/thrush-s2r-t660) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THRUSH AIRCRAFT INC S2R-T660
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 17,108 total, 3,192 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA326) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160819009679A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF AERIAL APPLICATION.  AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH GUIDE WIRES OF A MONITORING TOWER THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE FIELD BEING TREATED.  AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS BEYOND THE TOWER IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WITH THE TAIL SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE.  PROPELLER AND FRONT SECTION OF ENGINE WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 150 YARDS BEYOND THE AIRCRAFT IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.   PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 CEN16LA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA326), Aug 19, 2016: Thrush S2R T660 (N40499), Ruthton, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid the tower guy-wire during an agricultural spraying operation.

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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