# NTSB MIA86LA175: Ayres S2R, N5630X, Graceville, FL, June 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 11, 1986, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place: Graceville, FL
- Coordinates: 30.960527, -85.509666 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9605&lon=-85.5097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31649
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA175
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31649/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA175

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - turn to reverse direction
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - pull-up - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

A WITNESS STATED THAT THE ACFT HAD JUST COMPLETED A SWATH RUN & WAS PULLING UP TO THE LEFT WHEN THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND & CARTWHEELED THE ACFT. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT WENT INTO A 'HIGH-SPEED' STALL & CARTWHEELED APPROX FOUR TIMES & THAT HE 'WALKED AWAY' AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5630X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5630X-2012-06-14), registration cancelled 2012-06-14, S/N 2432R, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Ayres S2R
- Registry model: [Ayres S-2R](https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s-2r) (registry code 0970101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2432R
- Airframe hours: 2506
- Engines: P&W PT-6A-34AG 750 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Phillip S. Gardner
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 22, 1986, 15 hours before
- Departed: 52FL, MALONE, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 3,164 total, 130 in this make and model, 3,009 as pilot in command, 143 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PFN, 28 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860611023659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860611023659A), Jun 11, 1986: Ayres S2RRESTD, Graceville, FL, Destroyed. Entered a high speed stall on a swath turnaround. Aircraft cartwheeled four times after a wing struck the ground.

## Other investigations on N5630X (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW81FPG35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPG35), May 28, 1981: Ayers S2R (N5630X), West Bay, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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