Ayres THRUSH S2R-T15 N40241

Summary

On 11 August 1984 at about 20:00 local time, a Ayres THRUSH S2R-T15 registered N40241 was involved in an accident near Quitman, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 August 1984 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Quitman, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

30.7793, -83.5604

Aircraft

Ayres THRUSH S2R-T15

Registration

N40241

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84LA226

Nobody was injured.

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

AT THE END OF SWATH RUN THE ACFT STRUCK A PIECE OF FARM EQUIPMENT DURING THE PULL-UP. AFTER THE COLLISION THE PLT NOTICED LIQUID TRAILING BEHIND THE ACFT AS HE RETURNED TO HIS DEPARTURE AIRPORT. UPON LDG WHEN THE LEFT WING SETTLEDCLOSE TO THE RWY, THE PLT REALIZED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HAD BEEN DAMAGED IN THE COLLISION. THE LANDING WAS ABORTED. AT ABOUT 75 FT AGL IN THE INITIAL CLIMB A TOTAL LOSS OF PWR WAS EXPERIENCED. THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT IN A CORN FIELD ANDTHE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY POST CRASH FIRE. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS PRIOR TO CONTACTING THE FARM EQUIPMENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.