Ayres S2R-600 N4008H

Summary

On 17 April 1982 at about 12:15 local time, a Ayres S2R-600 registered N4008H, operated by Dixieland Aviation, was involved in an accident near Evergreen, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 April 1982 at 12:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Evergreen, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Middletown (39J)

Coordinates

31.4290, -86.9492

Aircraft

Ayres S2R-600

Registration

N4008H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dixieland Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Evergreen → Evergreen

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DA105

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE SKIPPED ONCE, POPPED, THEN QUIT COMPLETELY WITH NO OTHER WARNING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER A WOODED AREA AND WAS FORCED TO LAND IN THE TREES. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 740 LBS ABOVE THE MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED GROSS WEIGHT AT TAKEOFF AND WAS OVERWEIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DUMPED HIS CHEMICAL LOAD PRIOR TO THE CRASH. ENGINE EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAGNETO DRIVE GEAR SHAFT, P/N 10538, SHEARED APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH AFT OF THE DRIVE GEAR. THE SHAFT IS NECESSARY TO DRIVE THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP AND THE LEFT MAGNETO.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.