# NTSB ATL88DKG14: Ayres Thrush  S2R, N4006P, Ochlocknee, GA, August 26, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: August 26, 1988, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Ochlocknee, GA
- Coordinates: 30.970283, -84.049156 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9703&lon=-84.0492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7544
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88DKG14
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7544/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DKG14

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - fatigue(flight and ground schedule), pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT ALLOWED THE NOSE TO DROP RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE HIT THE GROUND, RIGHT WING FIRST, AND TRAVELED ABOUT 500 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. THE PILOT HAD BEEN SPRAYING METHYL PARATHION ALL DAY AND STATED HE WAS VERY TIRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4006P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4006P-2019-09-06), registration cancelled 2019-09-06, S/N 2503R, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Ayres THRUSH  S2R (THRUSH  S2)
- Registry model: [Ayres S-2R](https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s-2r) (registry code 0970101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2503R
- Airframe hours: 2370
- Engines: P&W R-1340-AN-1 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Eugene Powers
- Registered owner: Piper Too Company
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 11, 1988, 181 hours before
- Departed: OCH, OCHLOCKNEE, GA
- Airport: OCH, Ochlocknee, runway 9, 2,000 × 25 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine sea, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 15,024 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 14,675 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 60 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °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 19880826037319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880826037319A), Aug 26, 1988: Ayres S2RRESTD, Ochlocknee, GA, Substantial damage. Pilot looked back on climbout and allowed aircraft to descend to ground impact. Blamed poison exposure and fatigue.

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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