- Date
- August 4, 1993, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Louise, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1950JAyres S2R-T15
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930804027639A
- Case key
- 37379
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Probable cause
The pilot in commands decision to takeoff from a road with a left quartering tailwind which resulted in his loosing directional control and the aircraft colliding with a utility pole.
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 stated he was taking off from a road en route to perform aerial application. The wind was from the left rear at 10 to 15 knots and during the takeoff he lost directional control. The aircraft veered to the left and the left wing hit a utility pole.
Factual narrative
On August 4, 1993, at 1430 central daylight time, an Ayres S2R-T15, N1950J, registered to Larry Pruden, collided with a utility pole during takeoff from a road while on a 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the commercial rated pilot was not injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident.
The pilot stated that he was departing from a road in the area where he was spraying. The winds were from the left rear at 10 to 15 knots, gusting. During the takeoff he lost directional control and the aircraft veered to the left were the left wing contacted a utility pole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1950J
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-T15
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T15-024
- Airframe hours
- 2,850
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-15AG, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Pruden, Larry J., doing business as Pruden Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Pruden, Larry J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1993
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 2,800 in this make and model · 9,500 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 200 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 40 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.