# Accident 20240620005749A: Ayres Corporation S2R-600, Canadian Lakes, MI, June 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2024, 07:30 local time
- Place: Canadian Lakes, MI
- Airport: Griffith Field Lakeview
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 9HEG
- Location: 43.5814° N, 85.3625° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5814&lon=-85.3625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4004K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4004K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-600 (registry code 0970102, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES CORPORATION S2R-600
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 820 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA318) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240620005749A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 20, 2024, AT 0730 LOCAL TIME, AN AYRES THRUSH S2R-G1 AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND FLOWN BY A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING AN INADVERTENT IMPACT WITH THE GROUND FOLLOWING A SPRAY PASS IN A FIELD NEAR CANADIAN LAKES, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 137 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HAD FINISHED A SPRAY PASS AND WAS RETURNING TO GRIFFITH FIELD (13C), LAKEVIEW, MICHIGAN AND BECAME DISTRACTED WHILE LOOKING AT THE BOOM PRESSURE GAUGE THAT WAS LOCATED MID-WING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATES HE WAS MAKING SURE THE BOOM PRESSURE WAS ZERO AND THAT THE SPRAY VALVE HAD CLOSED PROPERLY WHEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR IMPACTED SOFT EARTH. THE IMPACT DAMAGED THE LANDING GEAR TO THE POINT IT WAS JUST HANGING PARTIALLY FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO (13C) BUT NOTICED FUEL POURING FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING. AT THAT TIME THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A NEARBY HAY FIELD. FOLLOWING LANDING, THE PILOT SHUT DOWN ALL ELECTRICAL AND EGRESSED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. ADDITIONALLY, THE PILOT STATES HE ONLY HAS LESS THAN 20 HOURS IN THE AIRCRAFT TYPE AND WAS NEW TO THE COMPANY.

INVESTIGATION SHOWS ALL PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT ARE ON SITE INCLUDING BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON A HEADING OF 250 DEGREES WITH A 100-FOOT GROUND SCAR. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR IS FOLDED UNDER THE WING AND THE RIGHT GEAR HAS BEEN TORN AWAY AND IS LAYING 35 FEET BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT. ALL THREE PROPELLOR BLADES ARE TWISTED AND REMAIN ATTACHED TO THE HUB, INDICATIVE OF LOWER POWER ON IMPACT. MINIMAL CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION WAS ON SITE AS THE HOPPER WAS EMPTY PRIOR TO IMPACT. THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT 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 CEN24LA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA318), Jun 20, 2024: Ayres S2R (N4004K), Stanwood, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance during a low-level aerial application flight, which resulted in impact with terrain and a subsequent forced landing. Contributing to the accident was…

## Other reports on N4004K (1)

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

- [Incident 19831119071629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831119071629I), Nov 19, 1983: Ayres STCS2 (N4004K), Calipatria, CA, Minor damage. Struck a vehicle on a road while trying to fly under wireson a ag run. Impact punctured the fuel tank. Forced down.

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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