Ayres S2R-T660 N4114A

Summary

On 19 August 2003 at about 20:30 local time, a Ayres S2R-T660 registered N4114A was involved in an accident near Blytheville, Arkansas, 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

19 August 2003 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Blytheville, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

35.9344, -89.9225

Aircraft

Ayres S2R-T660

Registration

N4114A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Blytheville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI03LA273

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's inadequate visual lookout and altitude/clearance not being maintained from the transmission wires. A factor to the accident was the transmission wires.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The aerial application airplane impacted transmission wires while performing a spray run. The pilot stated he had flown over the transmission wires on three separate spray runs and was familiar with their location. The pilot reported that he initiated a spray run to the west and "looked down to check pressure gauge on spray boom [and] when I looked up [the] wires were in my face." The pilot stated he should have kept his "attention/concentration on flying the aircraft and not the spray system."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.