Ayres S2R N3098L

Summary

On 1 July 2018 at about 13:30 local time, a Ayres S2R registered N3098L, operated by Lee Flying Service Inc, was involved in an accident near Pantego, North Carolina, 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

1 July 2018 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Pantego, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.6075, -76.7783

Aircraft

Ayres S2R

Registration

N3098L

Category

Airplane

Year built

1990

Engines

1

Operator

Lee Flying Service Inc

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pantego → Pantego

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA18CA410

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain the proper approach path during landing, which resulted in landing short of the runway. 

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the owner of the agricultural application airplane, the commercial pilot was performing a simulated agricultural application flight with about 70 gallons of water in the hopper. After spraying water on the fields next to the private runway, during landing, the airplane touched down short of the runway. The main landing gear (MLG) struck a ditch, and the right MLG separated.  The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage.  The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The owner added that, before the flight, the pilot had accumulated 0.3 hour of total flight experience in the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.