Crash location | 35.611667°N, 97.873334°W |
Nearest city | El Reno, OK
35.532274°N, 97.955049°W 7.2 miles away |
Tail number | N2249B |
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Accident date | 30 May 2018 |
Aircraft type | Ayres Corporation S2R |
Additional details: | None |
On May 30, 2018, about 1618 central daylight time, an Ayres Corporation S2R-T34, N2249B, impacted terrain near El Reno, Oklahoma, during an aerial application operation after flying into guy wires of a radio antenna. The airplane was destroyed by post-impact fire. The commercial-rated pilot, and sole occupant onboard, was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to Ag Aviation Equipment LLC and operated by Andy Deterding Ag Aviation under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 as an agricultural flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, and no instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The flight originated at Medford Municipal Airport (O53), Medford, Oklahoma.