# Accident 19730706018629A: Ayres S2B, Presque Isle, ME, July 6, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1973
- Place: Presque Isle, ME
- Airport: Presque Isle
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 46.7060° N, 68.0606° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRESQUE ISLE (83B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7060&lon=-68.0606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9472R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9472R-1973-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Snow S2C (registry code 8380206, https://openairdocs.org/model/snow-s2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FNC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FNC01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730706018629A

## Narrative

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

ACFT IN GENTLE R TURN CLBD INTO STEEP TURN,DSCNDD.2HRS TOTAL AG FLYING OF PRACTICE RUNS OVR RWY.

## 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 NYC74FNC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FNC01), Jul 6, 1973: Snow 600S2C (N9472R), Presque Isle, ME, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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