- Date
- September 16, 1992, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Belzoni, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8906QAyres S2R-600
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920916036919A
- Case key
- 33136
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Probable cause
Collapse of the right main landing gear tire 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
During the ground roll to takeoff, the rt main landing gear tire deflated. The acft travelled off the rwy into a ditch. The lt wing was substantially damaged. Exam of the tire revealed that it was cut from one side of the bead across to the other. No determination could be made as to the reason for the cut tire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8906Q
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-600
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2458
- Airframe hours
- 3,166
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Gary Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gary Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1992 · 148 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Turner Field, runway 24, 3,500 × 75 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 21,000 total · 1,200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.