NTSB CEN25LA406 — 2025-08-25 · Beaman, Iowa, United States

Current FAA registration · N393KW

Make / Model: AYRES CORPORATION S2R-T34
Year of manufacture: 1999 · 26 years old at event
Engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42 (850 hp)
Seats / Engines: 1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 20160824
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A48EE4

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N393KW AYRES CORPORATION S2R-T34 None

Probable cause & findings

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

Factual 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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

— Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Descent/approach/glide path-Not attained/maintained
— Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2025_CEN25LA406.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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