Ayres S2R-T34 N393KW

Summary

On 26 August 2025 at about 00:30 local time, a Ayres S2R-T34 registered N393KW, operated by Hoppe Air LLC, was involved in an accident near Beaman, Iowa, 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

26 August 2025 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Beaman, Iowa, United States

Nearest airport

Tonner Fld (36IA)

Coordinates

42.2570, -92.8354

Aircraft

Ayres S2R-T34

Registration

N393KW

Category

Airplane

Year built

1999

Engines

1

Operator

Hoppe Air LLC

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN25LA406

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath during landing which resulted in a landing short of the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he had completed an agricultural spray operation and was returning to land. He stated that the airplane got too low on the approach and descended into the soybean crop off the approach end of the runway. The airplane impacted the end of the airstrip and the landing gear collapsed. He stated that everything on the airplane was operating normally and that the accident resulted from pilot error by coming in too low and allowing the airplane to contact the soybean crop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage near the landing gear mounting area.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.