# Incident 20170624015209I: Ayres Corporation S2R-G10, Deer Creek, MN, June 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2017, 07:00 local time
- Place: Deer Creek, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KJEG
- Location: 46.3897° N, 95.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deer Creek, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3897&lon=-95.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4061H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4061H-2021-10-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-G10 (registry code 0970217, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-g10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3 series (registry code 52103, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6t-3-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES CORPORATION S2R-G10
- Reported engine: GARRETT TPE331-10
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,090 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170624015209I

## Narrative

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

A THRUSH S2R-G10 AGRICULTURE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING OUT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A SPRAY PASS PREPARING TO ENTER THE NEXT PASS.  DURING THE CLIMB OUT, THE ENGINE FAILED.  PILOT IDENTIFIED A CLEARED FIELD OFF HIS LEFT WING AT .47 MILES AWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO REACH THE FIELD.   PILOT LANDED SHORT OF THE FIELD AND LANDED IN AN OVERGROWN FIELD.  THE IMPACT RESULTED IN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTING THE GROUND.  THE PILOT EGRESSED UNEVENTFULLY WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N4061H (1)

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

- [Accident 20000703008809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000703008809A), Jul 3, 2000: Ayres S2RG10 (N4061H), Plains, TX, No damage. (-23) Pilot was spraying under state boweevil contract. During application, several doves were spooked out of a field, many of which were hit by the aircraft.…

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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