# Accident 19760501015259A: Ayres S2B, Heppner, OR, May 1, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1976
- Place: Heppner, OR
- Airport: Heppner
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 45.3529° N, 119.5605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Heppner, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3529&lon=-119.5605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9409R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9409R-1976-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Snow S2A (registry code 8380202, https://openairdocs.org/model/snow-s2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 778 total, 65 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76FYC43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760501015259A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 SEA76FYC43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC43), May 1, 1976: Snow S2A (N9409R), Heppner, OR, destroyed, 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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