# Accident 20170302001949A: Aero Commander S2R, Fairmont, OK, March 2, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2017, 15:00 local time
- Place: Fairmont, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: SNYG
- Location: 36.3247° N, 97.7531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3247&lon=-97.7531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1755S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1755S-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander S2R (registry code 0143022, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-s2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER S2R
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17CA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170302001949A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 LOCAL ON 2 MARCH 2017, N1755S A AERO COMMANDER S25 AERIAL APPLICATION AIRPLANE, MADE CONTACT WITH A POWER LINE AND CRASHED IN A PASTURE THAT HE WAS SPRAYING.  N1755S WAS INBOUND FROM THE NORTH ON A SPRAYING RUN, CLEARED THE FIRST LINE AND DID NOT SEE THE SECOND POWERLINE.  AFTER HE CLEARED THE FIRST POWER LINE, HE NOSED DOWN AND MADE CONTACTED WITH THE SECOND POWER LINE.  THE POWER LINE STRETCHED AND BROKE WHICH RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH SOME WILLOW TREES ABOUT 300 FEET TO THE SOUTH BEFORE CONTACTING THE GROUND AND SLIDING TO A STOP.  AN AIRCRAFT FIRE ENSUED, AND THE PILOT EGRESSED TO SAFETY

## 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 CEN17CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17CA120), Mar 2, 2017: Aero Commander S2R (N1755S), Fairmont, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a power line while conducting agricultural spray operations.

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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