- Date
- October 27, 1978
- Place
- Corcoran, CA · CORCORAN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4004MAyres S2R
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781027034099A
- Case key
- 143991
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3090 78/10/27 NR.CORCORAN,CA AYRES S2R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2000 N4004M PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 55, 19865 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CANAL STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORCORAN,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING DUST CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 65 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- DUST CLOUD DRIFTED ACROSS RWY DURING TKOF.ACFT CAME TO REST IN CANAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4004M
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Canal Strip
N4004MRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2018 · Ayres S2R-600Airframe modelAyres S2R-600Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.