# Accident 20191018020219A: Thrush Aircraft Inc S2R-G10, Shellman, GA, October 18, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2019, 13:45 local time
- Place: Shellman, GA
- Airport: Sammons Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.6422° N, 84.5878° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6422&lon=-84.5878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N762BF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N762BF-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thrush S2R-G10 (registry code 8380315, https://openairdocs.org/model/thrush-s2r-g10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TPE331-SER series (registry code 33909, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tpe331-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THRUSH AIRCRAFT INC S2R-G10
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 19,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191018020219A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/18/2019 PILOT STATES THAT HE JUST FINISHED SPRAYING A FIELD AND WAS HEADED HOME WHEN HIS ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGING AS IF IT WERE STARVING FOR FUEL. PILOT STATES THAT HE HAD JUST PUT 75 GALLONS ON BOARD BEFORE DEPARTING. PILOT MADE A DECISION TO LAND IN A PASTURE AND WAS HEADING TOWARD A PIVOT AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT AND COLLAPSED THE RIGHT MAIN AND TAIL GEARS. THE PROP IMPACTED THE GROUND AND AFTER GATHERING HIS THOUGHTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE NACELLE AND CALLED THE LAND OWNER THAT HE HAD AN OFF FIELD LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FIRE.

## 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 ERA20LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA017), Oct 18, 2019: Ayres S2R (N762BF), Shellman, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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