# Incident 20210617007839I: Ayres Corporation S2R-G10, Browerville, MN, June 17, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2021, 09:30 local time
- Place: Browerville, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 46.0806° N, 94.8646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Browerville, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0806&lon=-94.8646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2250P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2250P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-G10 (registry code 0970217, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-g10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES CORPORATION S2R-G10
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 14 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210617007839I

## Narrative

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

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 20060903020389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060903020389I), Sep 3, 2006: Ayres S2RG10 (N2250P), Lasalle, CO, Minor damage. (-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…

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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