- Date
- August 7, 1991, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Drayton, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4010HAyres S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910807032539A
- Case key
- 14876
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Probable cause
Misjudged clearance by the pilot. A factor related to the accident is overconfidence in personal ability.
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 pilot was attempting to fly under a powerline during an agricultural flight. The pilot began a descent and continued the descent into the crops. The aircraft impacted the ground 30 yards short of the power line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4010H
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2527R
- Airframe hours
- 3,129
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Dakota Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dakota Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 16, 1991 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- GAF · Grafton, ND
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK, 42 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.