Ayres S2R-T34 N40203

Summary

On 15 July 1993 at about 12:15 local time, a Ayres S2R-T34 registered N40203, operated by Pierce Aviation, was involved in an accident near Buckeye, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 July 1993 at 12:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Buckeye, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

33.3805, -112.5493

Aircraft

Ayres S2R-T34

Registration

N40203

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Pierce Aviation

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

LAX93LA290

1 person had minor injuries.

the pilot's failure to visually detect and avoid a power line. A factor in the accident was the twilight light condition.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot said that after takeoff from an adjacent airstrip he over flew the fields to be sprayed checking for obstacles, then descended for the first swath run. At the end of the second field, the aircraft collided with a power line that the pilot said he did not see during the over flight. The pilot reported that the aircraft then went out of control and collided with the ground. Utilizing a Safety Board computer program, the position of the sun was computed for the date, location and time of the accident. The sun was found to be 3.4 degrees below the horizon on a magnetic azimuth of 048.9 degrees. The accident occurred during the hours of civil twilight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.