# Accident 20250825012119A: Ayeres Corporation S2R-T34, Beaman, IA, August 25, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2025, 19:30 local time
- Place: Beaman, IA
- Airport: Tonner Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1H0G
- Location: 42.2570° N, 92.8354° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2570&lon=-92.8354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N393KW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N393KW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T34 (registry code 0970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42 (registry code 52062, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYERES CORPORATION S2R-T34
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,590 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA406) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250825012119A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO A HARD LANDING.

## 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 CEN25LA406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA406), Aug 26, 2025: Ayres S2R-T34 (N393KW), Beaman, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath during landing which resulted in a landing short of the runway.

## Other reports on N393KW (1)

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

- [Incident 19990625034449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990625034449I), Jun 25, 1999: Ayres S2RT34RESTD (N393KW), Dewitt, AR, Minor damage. (-23) During a crop dusting operation near Dewitt, Arkansas on June 25, 1999 at 0700, Mr. Michael meins, a commercial ag pilot, was attempting to land an Ayres…

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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