- Date
- June 6, 1999, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- North Platte, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3024UAyres S2R-G10
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990606006439A
- Case key
- 46511
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during takeoff roll, the aircraft '...started to go suddenly to the right. I used full left rudder and then applied left brake. [The] A/C continued right and went off [the] runway....' The pilot reported that the airplane had a counter-rotating propeller, and that during takeoff left rudder was required for directional control. He reported that he thought a gust of wind might have occurred. He reported that, 'I was behind it.'
Factual narrative
On June 6, 1999, at 0830 central daylight time, an Ayers S2R-G10, N3024U, operated by Top Hat Aerial Application, Inc., was substantially damaged during takeoff roll when the airplane veered off the runway. The 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight was departing runway 12R at the North Platte Regional Airport, North Platte, Nebraska, on a local flight. The airplane veered to the right and went off the runway. Substantial damage occurred to the left wing when the left main landing gear collapsed. The commercial pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that during takeoff roll, the aircraft "...started to go suddenly to the right. I used full left rudder and then applied left brake. [The] A/C continued right and went off [the] runway...." The pilot reported that the airplane had a counter-rotating propeller, and that during takeoff left rudder was required for directional control. He reported that he thought a gust of wind might have occurred. He reported that, "I was behind it."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3024U
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-G10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- G10-108
- Airframe hours
- 982
- Engine
- Allied Signal TP-331-10511M, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Top Hat Aerial Application
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 22, 1998 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- LBF
- Airport
- LBF · North Platte Regional, runway 12R, 4,926 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- 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
- 15,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 14,800 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBF
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 N3024U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.