# NTSB ATL84LKG10: Aero Commander S2R, N9059N, Americus, GA, June 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: June 30, 1984, 12:48 local (16:48 UTC)
- Place: Americus, GA
- Coordinates: 32.069797, -84.220161 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0698&lon=-84.2202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6558
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LKG10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6558/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LKG10

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, maneuvering - aerial application
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE HAD MANEUVERED TO FINISH SPRAYING A FIELD & WAS DESCENDING ON A TRIM RUN WHEN THE ENG COUGHED/HESITATED. HE STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY THE PROBLEM & BEFORE HE REALIZED IT, THE ACFT WAS CONVERGING ON TREES. HE TURNED THE ACFT TO THE RIGHT, BUT THE PLANE CRASHED INTO THE TREES & BURNED. THE AIRFRAME & ENG WERE DESTROYED BY THE FIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9059N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9059N-1989-03-21), registration cancelled 1989-03-21, S/N 1557R (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER S2R
- Registry model: [Aero Commander S2R](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-s2r) (registry code 0143022) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1557R
- Airframe hours: 2500
- Engines: P&W 1340AN1 reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Terry Musselwhite
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 12, 1984, 80 hours before
- Departed: ACJ, AMERICUS, GA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: rear; flight hours: 2,150 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840630052159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840630052159A), Jun 30, 1984: Ayres S2RRESTD, Americus, GA, Destroyed. Engine coughed and pilot became distracted, causing aircraft to crash into trees and burn.

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.

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