Thrush Aircraft Llc S2R-T660 accident near Ardoch, ND
On September 12, 2023, a Thrush Aircraft Llc S2R-T660 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ardoch, ND. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 12, 2023
- Place
- Ardoch, ND
- Aircraft
- Thrush Aircraft Llc S2R-T660 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 48.178°N, 97.262°W
- NTSB ID
- 20230912193049
Official records · CEN23FA409
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn September 12, 2023, about 1200 central daylight time, a Thrush Aircraft LLC S2R-T660 airplane, N710TY, was substantially damaged during an accident near Ardoch, North Dakota. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial-application flight. The purpose of the flight was to spray a sunflower field. The airplane was operated from a private airstrip near Osla, Minnesota. According to data recovered from the airplane’s engine monitor, at 1152 the engine was set to takeoff power. Based on flight track data recovered from the airplane’s spray system, about 7 minutes after takeoff, the airplane approached the intended field from the south and then flew around the perimeter of the field to be sprayed, as shown in figure 1. The flight track data showed that the airplane initially flew north along the east edge of the field before it completed a left 180° turn to reverse course and continue south along the west edge of the field. The airplane then flew south while remaining west of power lines that ran north/south along the west edge of the field. As the airplane flew south the left wing impacted a guy wire that was attached to a power line structure. Figure 1. Plot of airplane’s ground track around the field. The outboard 7 ft of the left wing and the left aileron separated from the left wing during the impact with the guy wire and were subsequently found in an adjacent soybean field. The separated portion of the left wing exhibited evidence of a wire strike through the wing leading edge and alo
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a guy wire during an aerial application flight.
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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.
