# Incident 20260727008589I: Ayres Corporation S2R-G6, Madison, SD, July 27, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2026, 19:20 local time
- Place: Madison, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 5WIG
- Location: 44.0062° N, 97.1085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Madison, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0062&lon=-97.1085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3091R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3091R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-G6 (registry code 0970216, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-g6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-5-252M (registry code 01522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-5-252m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES CORPORATION S2R-G6
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331-5-252M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 210 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260727008589I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 7:20 PM ON THE RUSTIC ACRES COLONY, SD 43.85099N, 97.11517W) AN THRUSH S2R-G6 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A CORN FIELD DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING FAR 137 OPERATIONS PER CERT #5WIG WILDE AIR SERVICE WITH PILOT ETHAN BERNARD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE DETERMINED INCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF PILOT ERROR, FUEL EXHAUSTION, AS THE C/B ON THE PILOTS PANEL (SEE ATTACHED PHOTO) FOR THE ADD ON FUEL SINGLE POINT SYSTEM HAD POPPED LIMITING THE ONBOARDING OF FUEL AT THE LAST CHEMICAL RELOADING AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TAKE-OFF WITHOUT VISUAL CERTIFICATION OF THE REFUELING PROCESS BEING COMPLETED AS REQUESTED.  THE LOW FUEL WARNING SYSTEM WAS WIRED TO THE SAME CIRCUIT BREAKER AS THE SINGLE POINT SO THE PILOT BACK-UP HAD ALSO BEEN INOP.  THE HOLES IN THE ACCIDENT SCENARIO LINED UP PERFECTLY.  NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS OBTAINED BY THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.  TAIL WAS REMOVED FROM FUSELAGE FOR EASE OF REMOVAL FROM THE CORN FIELD HE WAS SPRAYING AND NOW HIS LANDING ZONE.  PILOT HAS RECEIVED CONSOLATION ON PREFLIGHT ACTIONS AND COMPLACENCY IN THIS TYPE OF OPERATION AND NO FURTHER ACTION TO FOLLOW.

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