- Date
- September 25, 1991, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dumas, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3682XAyres S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910925046359A
- Case key
- 23209
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Probable cause
The failure of a worn rudder adjustment bar. A factor was the pilot's inability to maintain directional control.
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
Following a daylight takeoff, the pilot lost rudder control due to the failure of a worn rudder adjustment bar. The pilot maneuvered the airplane back to the runway and attempted an emergency landing. During the landing roll, control was lost and the airplane veered right off the runway. After the airplane left the runway, the right main gear sheared.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3682X
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2152R
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Glen S. Frizzell, doing business as Frizzell Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Glen S. Frizzell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1991 · 450 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Star City, AR
- Airport
- 0M0 · Billy Free, runway 36, 5,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,602 total · 4,421 in this make and model · 6,515 as pilot in command · 500 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBF, 60 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 N3682X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.