- Date
- June 27, 1990, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Pierce, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4909XAyres S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900627022689A
- Case key
- 32674
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Probable cause
Engine failure due to failure of the engine driven fuel pump shaft due to undetermined reasons.
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
While maneuvering during an aerial application flt, the eng quit, due to the type of chemical aboard, the plt was unable to dump it & landed the acft in a field. The acft caught fire & was desroyed. Exam of the eng revealed that the eng driven fuel pump shaft failed. Metallurgical exam revealed that it failed due to overload. According to the operator, the eng was overhauled about 98 hrs earlier but the eng driven fuel pump was not. No determination could be made as to the total time on the pump or the time since major overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4909X
- Reported as
- Ayres S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2085R
- Airframe hours
- 4,059
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Sunniland Aircraft Sales, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sunniland Aircraft Sales, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 16, 1990 · 98 hours before
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 6,700 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FPR, 5 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.