Ayres S2R-T34 N357CA

Summary

On 24 July 2008 at about 16:00 local time, a Ayres S2R-T34 registered N357CA, operated by Atlantic Ag Aviation, was involved in an accident near Clinton, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

24 July 2008 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Clinton, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

40.3172, -89.7500

Aircraft

Ayres S2R-T34

Registration

N357CA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Atlantic Ag Aviation

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Clinton → Clinton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI08CA212

Nobody was injured.

The inadequate in-flight planning/decision making and the altitude/clearance not maintained by the pilot during the aerial application. A contributing factor was the guy wire.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was spraying an agricultural field in an east/west direction, but later changed to a north/south direction so as to avoid an agricultural airplane spraying an adjacent field. During the 15th pass over the field, the airplane struck a guy wire with its right wing tip that resulted in structural damage to its right wing. The pilot then flew back and landed the airplane without further incident at the airport where it was based. The pilot was uninjured. The pilot stated that he should have resurveyed the field after changing the direction of the passes over the field.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.