- Date
- July 20, 1991, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Drayton, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8988QAyres S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910720028699A
- Case key
- 14875
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Probable cause
That the pilot did not perform any preflight planning, and did not use the aircraft performance data.
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 airplane ran off the end of the runway during takeoff for an agricultural flight and the right main landing gear collapsed. The pilot stated that the aircraft would not reach takeoff speed, and that he had made numerous attempts with negative results. He also stated that he had made no preflight performance calculations. The runway was 2,600 foot grass strip. Density altitude was 3,700 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8988Q
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1488R
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Bonanza Valley Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bonanza Valley Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- 2NA5 · Sanderson, runway 9, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 7,900 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK, 40 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 N8988Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.