# Accident 20210331001259A: Ayres Corporation S2R-G6, Vienna, GA, March 31, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2021, 14:04 local time
- Place: Vienna, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 6HDG
- Location: 32.0917° N, 83.7330° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0917&lon=-83.7330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3299X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3299X-2022-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-G6 (registry code 0970216, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-g6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES CORPORATION S2R-G6
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 22,414 total, 4,479 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210331001259A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON FOURTH LOAD OF THE DAY AND WAS ON ROLL OUT ON DEPARTURE AND COULD NOT GET THE AIRCRAFT TAIL WHEEL UP ENOUGH TO GET THE LIFT NEEDED FOR TAKE OFF DUE TO GUSTS OF WIND. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE IS USUALLY ON THE "STEP" AND CROSSING A DITCH THAT RUNS EAST TO WEST. SHORTLY BEFORE REACHING THIS POINT THE NOSE OF AIRCRAFT WAS VEERING TO THE LEFT AND PILOT APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE, BUT HAD LITTLE TO NO EFFECT, AND HE WAS AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN. THE PILOT STATES THAT DUE TO A LACK OF FLYING SPEED, HIS ONLY OPTION WAS TO TRY AND JUMP THE DITCH. IN DOING SO THE MAIN GEARS HIT THE NORTH EMBANKMENT AND HAD DEPARTED FROM THE AIRFRAME. THE AIRCRAFT SKID AND CAME TO A STOP. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND STARTED WALKING TO HIS TRUCK AND WHILE WALKING HE CALLED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AWOS AND THEY REPORTED GUSTS OF 20 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST. (QUARTERING TAILWIND). BY EVIDENCE AT THE CRASH SITE IT APPEARED THE PILOT WAS ON TAKE OFF AND EXPERIENCED A SIDE GUST OF WIND AND HE VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT THE DITCH WITH HIS LEFT AND RIGHT MLG, BREAKING OFF BOTH GEARS, CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO IMPACT THE GROUND, THE PROP STRIKING THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SLIDING ON THE BELLY UNTIL ITS FINAL RESTING PLACE ON THE SIDE OF AN EMBANKMENT TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ERA21LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA167), Mar 31, 2021: Ayres S2R-G6 (N3299X), Vienna, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to attempt a takeoff with a quartering tailwind and his failure to reject the takeoff in a timely manner, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N3299X (1)

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

- [Accident 20030909023309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030909023309A), Sep 9, 2003: Swrngn S2RG6 (N3299X), Cash, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) Air thrust, N3299X, attempted a take-off from burns farms, hwy 18, 2 miles north of Cash, Arkansas. The pilot failed to abort the take-off when it became…

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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