Pilot Debrief

AYRES CORPORATION S2R-T34 near Beaman, IA — 2025-08-26

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Date
2025-08-26
Location
Beaman, IA, USA
Airport
36IA
Aircraft
AYRES CORPORATION S2R-T34
Registration
N393KW
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

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

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.

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Docket documents3

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