# NTSB WPR15WA065: Ayres Thrush S2R-T34, Manado, Indonesia, Indonesia, December 2, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 2, 2014, 02:50 local (02:50 UTC)
- Place: Manado, Indonesia, Indonesia
- Coordinates: 1.364722, 125.358329 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=1.3647&lon=125.3583&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90511
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR15WA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90511/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15WA065

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 2, 2014, about 0250 universal coordinated time, an Ayres Trush, S2R-T34, PK-ELR, ditched in the sea under unknown circumstances. A tail wheel tire, elevator, both main landing gears, and some personal equipment were located 1 mile from the coastline of Kema Village, Manado, Indonesia. The airplane was operated by PT. Elang Nunsantara Air under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of Indonesia. The airplane was destroyed, and the pilot, and the engineer are presumed fatally injured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Indonesia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Indonesia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: National Transportation Safety Committee Ministry of Transportation Building 3rd Floor JI. Medan Merdeka Timur No. 5 Jakarta – Indonesia Tel: +62 21 3517606 Fax: +62 21 3517606 Email: knkt@dephub.go.id

## Aircraft

- Registration: PK-ELR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AYRES THRUSH S2R-T34
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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