# Accident 19730630016729A: Ayres S2B, Pearsall, TX, June 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1973
- Place: Pearsall, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 28.8929° N, 99.0972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pearsall, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8929&lon=-99.0972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9492R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9492R-2018-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Snow S2C (registry code 8380206, https://openairdocs.org/model/snow-s2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,255 total, 405 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73FRG95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRG95) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730630016729A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CREVICE CORROSION FND ON NO.7 PISTON PIN WHICH FAILED FIRST.LNDD IN BRUSH FLD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW73FRG95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRG95), Jun 30, 1973: Snow S2C (N9492R), Pearsall, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9492R (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20040605014419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040605014419A), Jun 5, 2004: Ayres S2C (N9492R), La Feria, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On June 5, 2004, at approximately 10:15 CDT, a snow S2C450 airplane, N9492R, was destroyed when it struck an object while spraying a cotton field. The…
- [Accident 19980918041149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918041149A), Sep 18, 1998: Ayres S2C (N9492R), Bovina, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On 09/18/98, 7:30 am at rhodes crop care inc, in Bovina TX. (Private strip) after testing aerial spray pattern with water and dye, aircraft N9492R, upon…
- [Incident 19940420016969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940420016969I), Apr 20, 1994: Ayres S2C (N9492R), Hondo, TX. Engine cylinder cracked. Oil covered windshield. Forced landing in field.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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