# NTSB investigations: Ayres S2R-T34: In flight collision with object

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CHI03LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA171.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Marked Tree, AR · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 19, 2003 · N4004U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the wire. Contributing factors were the low altitude flight/maneuver and the static wire.
- [NTSB LAX03LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA122.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Avondale, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 1, 2003 · N30913 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to maintain adequate visual lookout and did not maintain clearance from power lines. The backhoe's location, which caused the pilot to alter his planned flight path, was a factor.
- [NTSB FTW00LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA195.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Anahuac, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 2000 · N2252N · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the power line. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
- [NTSB FTW00LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA179.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Helena, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 2000 · N3096Z · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the power lines.
- [NTSB FTW97LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA196.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Welsh, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 1997 · N30982 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with a moving vehicle. Factors were: the lack of runway signs and a runway safety area, and the difficulty for the pilot and driver of the vehicle to visually detect each other due to high vegetation at the edge of…
- [NTSB FTW95LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA347.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Lake City, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 11, 1995 · N3095W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the transmission wires.
- [NTSB LAX95LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA154.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Stanfield, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 1995 · N3105B · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout for, and clearance from, obstacles while conducting simulated aerial application operations.
- [NTSB LAX93LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA290.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Buckeye, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 15, 1993 · N40203 · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to visually detect and avoid a power line. A factor in the accident was the twilight light condition.
- [NTSB FTW91DPG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91DPG05.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Wheatley, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · May 2, 1991 · N4015Z · Minor damage
  > The failure of the flagman to follow established procedures.
- [NTSB LAX88DVA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVA14.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Five Points, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Sep 2, 1988 · N4009M · Substantial damage
  > Plt was engaged in aerial application and had been overflying power lines. On last pass, plt elected to fly beneath power lines, struck bracing wire between poles with vertical fin, disabling elevator. The acft crashed nose down in a field in an uncontrolled…
- [NTSB LAX88DVA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVA10.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Huron, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 14, 1988 · N40071 · Substantial damage
  > During an aerial application flight at night, the airplane's vertical stabilizer collided with a transmission wire. Subsequently, the vertical stabilizer & rudder were dislocated & directional control was lost. Realizing he had lost directional control, the…
- [NTSB LAX87DVA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87DVA09.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Mendota, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 21, 1987 · N4012Y · Substantial damage
  > During an agricultural application flight, the aircraft struck a pole that was located 30 feet within the field boundary. The pilot stated that due to the dawn light and the way the pole blended in with the field along with a light amount of chemical on the…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0970106')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0970106&occurrence=220

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