# Incident 20240501004879I: Thrush Aircraft Inc S2R-T34, Bucklin, KS, May 1, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2024, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bucklin, KS
- Airport: Bucklin
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RBKG
- Location: 37.5457° N, 99.6422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCKLIN (8K0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5457&lon=-99.6422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5297F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5297F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thrush S2R-T34 (registry code 8380307, https://openairdocs.org/model/thrush-s2r-t34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG (registry code 52251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THRUSH AIRCRAFT INC S2R-T34
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,437 total, 555 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240501004879I

## Narrative

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

ON 05/01/2024 A THRUSH S2R-T34 PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT PERFORMED A LANDING AT BUCKLIN AIRPORT (8K0) ON TURF RUNWAY 35, 2560 FEET LONG. THE WIND WAS 110 AT 11 KNOTS. DUE TO THE OBSTACLE AND SLOPING OF THE RUNWAY THE PILOT CHOSE TO LAND RUNWAY 35 WITH ABOUT A 5.5 KNOT TAILWIND. THE PILOT CARRIED APPROXIMATELY 15 KTS OF EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED AND WAS AT IDLE. THE PILOT NOTICED THE END OF THE RUNWAY APPROACHING AND DECIDED TO CONDUCT A GO AROUND. APPLIED FULL POWER. GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO REDUCE POWER TO IDLE AND ONCE THE TAILWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE REVERSE THRUST WAS INITIATED. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO ROLL OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 35 AND CROSS THE ROAD TO THE SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY AND COME TO A REST. DAMAGE TO THE LEFT GEAR WAS SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N5297F (1)

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

- [Incident 20170902017519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170902017519I), Sep 2, 2017: Thrush Aircraft Inc S2R-T34 (N5297F), Burlington, KS, No damage. On September 2, 2017, at approximately 1040 central daylight time (CDT), an ayres Thrush S2R-T34 series aircraft, owned and operated by a local 14 CFR part 137…

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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