# Incident 20190811010249I: Ayres Corporation S2R-T34, Centralia, IL, August 11, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2019, 08:15 local time
- Place: Centralia, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.5221° N, 89.1235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Centralia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5221&lon=-89.1235&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3077B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3077B-2025-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T34 (registry code 0970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES CORPORATION S2R-T34
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 850 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190811010249I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF N3077B STATED HE BEGAN HIS DESCENT TO THE CENTRALIA AIRPORT (KENL) WHEN HIS GPS BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS DISORIENTED WITH HIS POSITION AND LOST MORE ALTITUDE THEN HE WAS AWARE OF DUE TO BEING DISTRACTED BY THE GPS MALFUNCTION. IN THE PROCESS THE PILOT STATED HE FLEW THROUGH POWER LINES ACROSS INTERSTATE 57 NORTH OF ILLINOIS ROUTE 161.

THE PILOT STATED HE EVALUATED HIS "SITUATION" AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE TERRE HAUTE REGIONAL AIRPORT (KHUF) IN INDIANA.

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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