Ayres S-2R accident near Reno, NV
On March 16, 1994, an Ayres S-2R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Reno, NV. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 16, 1994
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Aircraft
- Ayres S-2R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.480°N, 119.741°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X00918
NTSB summary
On March 16, 1994, at 1408 hours Pacific standard time, an Ayres S2R-R1820, N40237, lost power and collided with wires, a light post, and a van while attempting to land on a highway in Reno, Nevada. The airplane was being ferried to a maintenance facility by the operator, Grangeville Air Service, Grangeville, Idaho. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postimpact fire. The certificated commercial pilot and the driver of the van were fatally injured. The pilot departed Truckee, California, about 1350 hours and was destined for the Reno-Stead Airport for maintenance. The purpose of the flight was to ferry the airplane from Lincoln, California, to Lewiston, Idaho. The airplane was recently purchased by the operator from a company in Garden City, Kansas, and was flown to Lincoln, California, for installation of new radios. The airplane originally had departed the Lincoln Municipal Airport about 1050 hours and was scheduled to stop at Winnemucca, Nevada, to refuel before continuing to Lewiston, Idaho. The pilot made an unscheduled stop at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport. The pilot telephoned the airplane operator/owner and stated the engine oil temperature was high and the oil pressure was low. The airplane operator contacted a fixed-based operator (FBO) in Lewiston, Idaho, with experience in maintaining the type of radial engine installed in the airplane. The FBO contacted the pilot at the Truckee Airport to determine the nature of the problem. The pilot then went to a local mechanic at the Truckee Airport and arranged to have the airplane's engine case magnetic drain plug
Probable cause
AN UNDETERMINED PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE OIL SYSTEM, A DECISION TO FLY THE AIRPLANE WITH A KNOWN DEFICIENCY, AND PROGRESSIVE (PARTIAL) FAILURE OF THE ENGINE MASTER ROD AND BEARING.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
