- Date
- May 29, 1989, 19:00 local (May 30, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Snow Lake, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3092SAyres S2R-T34
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890529014399A
- Case key
- 34798
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Probable cause
The selection of unsuitable terrain to takeoff from by the pilot and the inadequate runway maintenance by airport personnel. Contributing to the accident was the hidden hole which the airplane contacted resulting in the pilot's inability to control the airplane.
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 attempting to takeoff for an aerial application operation, the pilot said he hit a water filled hole on the runway. The acft veered off the runway and struck a pole. Both wings and the empennage sustained substantial damage. The area had been deluged with heavy rains, and the hole that was struck was where a pole had been removed. The heavy rains caused the soil around the hole to sink in and enlarge the indentation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3092S
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-T34
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T34-100DC
- Airframe hours
- 678
- Engine
- P&W PT-6-34AG, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Griffen, David B..
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1989 · 110 hours before
- Departed
- Snow Lake, AR
- Airport
- Snow Lake, runway 27, 3,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 19,800 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.