# Accident 19760719021799A: Ayres S2R, El Campo, TX, July 19, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1976
- Place: El Campo, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 29.2007° N, 96.2723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Campo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2007&lon=-96.2723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8949Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8949Q-1982-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander S2R (registry code 0143022, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-s2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DRA52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DRA52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760719021799A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING TO 18K.

## 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 FTW76DRA52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DRA52), Jul 19, 1976: Snow 600S2R (N8949Q), El Campo, 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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