- Date
- July 16, 1986, 19:25 local (23:25 UTC)
- Place
- Mandale, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4015PAyres S2R-T15
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860716033909A
- Case key
- 6983
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft stalled in turbulent air during a 180 turn while crop spraying at about 150 ft AGL. The plt said he increased power & dropped the acft nose while turning an additional 20 degrees to avoid trees. The recovery of positive control was in process when the acft contacted the corn crop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4015P
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-T15
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T15-004
- Airframe hours
- 1,264
- Engine
- P&W PT6-27, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ruhe Sales,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1986 · 121 hours before
- Departed
- 390I · Leipsic, OH
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,150 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 91 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FDY, 29 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4015P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.