# Accident 19740523013269A: Ayres 600S2D, Brownsville, TX, May 23, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1974
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 25.9017° N, 97.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownsville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9017&lon=-97.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1660S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1660S-1974-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Snow S2C (registry code 8380206, https://openairdocs.org/model/snow-s2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES 600S2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 86 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DRG88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRG88) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740523013269A

## Narrative

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

FLYING IN MODERATE TURBULENCE IN 3 SHIP FORMATION.

## 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 FTW74DRG88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRG88), May 23, 1974: Snow 600S2C (N1660S), Brownsville, TX, destroyed

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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