- Date
- March 16, 1992, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wright, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N41KMAyres S2R-T34
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920316007979A
- Case key
- 18459
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain altitude due to diverted attention.
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
During a daylight flight the pilot was en route to a grass strip when he noticed another airplane departing his intended landing area. The pilot reported that he was watching the other airplane when his airplane descended inadvertently and turned right. The airplane struck the ground with its right wing tip and cartwheeled to its final resting place.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41KM
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-T34
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T41-154DC
- Airframe hours
- 850
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-41, 850 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ag Air Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Ag Air Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 1991 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- PBF · Pine Bluff, AR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12,050 total · 850 in this make and model · 12,050 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBF, 10 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.