- Date
- July 15, 1992, 23:45 local (Jul 16, 1992, 06:45 UTC)
- Place
- Five Points, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3105VAyres S2R-T34
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920715025729A
- Case key
- 27689
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Probable cause
The failure of airport personnel to perform the necessary runway maintenance. Contributing to this accident was the dark night and high vegetation.
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 pilot was completing a night aerial application flight on a privately owned 2700 ft long by 25 ft wide airstrip. During the landing flare the right wing boom became entangled with the high vegetation that airport personnel failed to maintain. High vegetation and a dirt bank parallels the runway's edge. The pilot applied full power to go-around, but to no avail. The airplane's right wing struck the dirt bank and spun the airplane. The airplane's wing span is 44 ft, 5 inches.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3105V
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-T34
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T34-13706
- Airframe hours
- 1,803
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-321A9, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- American West Aviation
- Registered owner
- American West Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1992 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- Price Giffen, runway 22, 2,700 × 25 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
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 13,520 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 13,330 as pilot in command · 230 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 315° at 6 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.