- Date
- June 8, 1985, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gardner, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4871XAyres S2R-600
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850608023469A
- Case key
- 16700
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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 ag-acft stalled & crashed during an ag operation in high density alt. The mountainous terrain and downdrafts contributed to the overall effect of dissapating the clearance between the acft & the undulating terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4871X
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-600
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- S2R-600
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Speartex Grain Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 26, 1985 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- Gardner, CO
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,712 total · 39 in this make and model · 6,551 as pilot in command · 82 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TAD, 49 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.