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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ayres S2R-G10 · Browerville, MN · June 17, 2021

Date: June 17, 2021 · 09:30 local
Place: Browerville, MN
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2250P
Reported as: Ayres S2R-G10
Reported engine: AiResearch TPE331 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total14 in this make and model49 in the last 90 days

N2250PRegistered now · Ayres S2R-G10S/N G10-131 · Built 1997 Airframe modelAyres S2R-G10 Engine modelAiResearch TPE331 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

2021-06-17 N2250P, Ayres Corporation S2R-G100930, 137 operator spraying a potato field with a fungicide landed in a field collapsing landing gear.

While cleaning up a previously missed area the PIC looked inside at a moving map and felt the aircraft make contact with the potato field, felt a vibration from the propeller contacting the ground. The pilot had enough airspeed to pull the aircraft into the air however the engine was no longer running. Because of the low altitude a restart was not attempted. The remaining fungicide (approximately 350 gallons) was jettisoned and full flaps were deployed. The aircraft landed in an adjacent field and the landing gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

2021-06-17 N2250P, AYRES CORPORATION S2R-G100930, 137 OPERATOR SPRAYING A POTATO FIELD WITH A FUNGICIDE LANDED IN A FIELD COLLAPSING LANDING GEAR.

WHILE CLEANING UP A PREVIOUSLY MISSED AREA THE PIC LOOKED INSIDE AT A MOVING MAP AND FELT THE AIRCRAFT MAKE CONTACT WITH THE POTATO FIELD, FELT A VIBRATION FROM THE PROPELLER CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE PILOT HAD ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO PULL THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE AIR HOWEVER THE ENGINE WAS NO LONGER RUNNING. BECAUSE OF THE LOW ALTITUDE A RESTART WAS NOT ATTEMPTED. THE REMAINING FUNGICIDE (APPROXIMATELY 350 GALLONS) WAS JETTISONED AND FULL FLAPS WERE DEPLOYED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN AN ADJACENT FIELD AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

Other reports on N2250P · 1

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

Incident 20060903020389ILevel Off Touchdown · Lasalle, CO(-23) On September 3, 2006 commercial pilot [privacy data omitted] was the pilot in command of N2250P, a 1997 Ayres thrush on a flight from greeley-weld county airport to a Private dirt strip located south east of Lasalle, CO. On the approach to the dirt…Sep 3, 2006 · Minor damage