- Date
- May 14, 1992, 16:27 local (21:27 UTC)
- Place
- Hebert, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5637XAyres S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920514014879A
- Case key
- 18329
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall and collision with terrain.
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
After departing the airstrip, the airplane made two left climbing turns to a downwind leg and then leveled off at approximately 150 feet AGL. A witness heard a high pitch sound, then observed the right wing drop approximately 60 degees, and then return to a wings-level attitude without an altitude loss. The nose then pitched downward, and the airplane descended vertically to impact in an open plowed field. There was evidence of rotational damage throughout the engine. The propeller was found to be at a high pitch angle at impact compared to that expected for a normal takeoff power setting. The engine did not meet the approved data plate configuration due to nonconformance of the propeller pitch control and the second stage stator assembly. The propeller pitch control cam was of unknown type and identification. The engine had not been overhauled as required, and an airworthiness directive regarding the engine torque sensor had not been accomplished as required.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5637X
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2408R
- Airframe hours
- 9,759
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-1-151A, 665 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Kenneys Aero Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kenneys Aero Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1992 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLU, 20 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.