- Date
- May 19, 1986, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Odessa, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4945XAyres S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40408
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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.
Loss of engine power
Engine assembly,cylinder - failure,totalCause
Fire
Gear collapsed
Terrain condition - rough/uneven
Analysis
A rough running engine accompanied by smoke rising from the left side of the engine occurred shortly after takeoff. The landing gear then collapsed during the subsequent forced landing and the acft was destroyed by fire. The number one cylinder was found to have failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4945X
- Reported as
- Ayres S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5023R
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Odessa Farming Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1985
- Departed
- WA43 · Odessa, WA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,600 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 130 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F