Ayres S2R-G6 N2239V

Summary

On 6 August 2025 at about 18:00 local time, a Ayres S2R-G6 registered N2239V, operated by North Star Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near Slayton, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

6 August 2025 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Slayton, Minnesota, United States

Coordinates

43.9744, -95.7975

Aircraft

Ayres S2R-G6

Registration

N2239V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

North Star Aviation Inc

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Slayton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN25LA304

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 6, 2025, about 1300 central daylight time, a Ayres Corporation S2R-G6, airplane, registration N2239V, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Slayton, Minnesota. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 agricultural flight. The operator stated the weather conditions were favorable with clear skies and less than 10 knots of wind. The airplane was lightly loaded to about 30-40% of its total capacity. The pilot had flown about 40-50 hours in the accident airplane and had reported no previous maintenance issues. Nothing was noted in the morning pre-flight inspection of the airplane. The pilot told the operator he was about 200 ft above the ground in a fairly flat left turn, getting lined up for the first spray pass of the flight, when the controls locked up and he could not return them to center using both hands. The pilot tried to use rudder inputs but did not have enough altitude to make the recovery. The pilot stated he had engine power and was at about 120 knots and was adamant that the airplane did not stall. The airplane impacted terrain in a left wing low attitude and cartwheeled to a stop, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage, empennage, and wings. The accident site was documented, and the airplane will be recovered to a secure facility for further examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.