# Accident 19770709024309A: Ayres S2R, Sterling City, TX, July 9, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1977
- Place: Sterling City, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 31.8392° N, 100.9859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sterling City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8392&lon=-100.9859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5582X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5582X-1985-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American Rockwell S-2R (registry code 6150135, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-rockwell-s-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77DQG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DQG44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770709024309A

## 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 FTW77DQG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DQG44), Jul 9, 1977: Aero-Commdr S-2R (N5582X), Sterling City, TX, substantial damage

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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