N107CA – AYRES CORPORATION S2R-R1340 – 2010-05-21 NTSB Accident Report

On May 21, 2010, a Ayres Corporation S2R-R1340 (N107CA) was involved in an incident near Roe, AR. All 1 person aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's decision to take off with a tailwind, resulting in a runway overrun.

The commercial pilot loaded 2,800 pounds of applicant on the airplane and then departed downwind from the private grass strip on an aerial application flight. The pilot reported that the wind was approximately 10 knots of tailwind and the temperature was 89 degrees Fahrenheit. The pilot was unable to get the airplane airborne before departing the end of the runway. The airplane collided with a rice levee, bounced into the air, stalled, before impacting the ground. The fuselage sustained substantial damage. No preimpact anomalies were detected in the airframe or the engine.

This incident is documented in NTSB report CEN10CA265. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N107CA.