# Accident 19770821025539A: Ayres S2B, Hernando, MS, August 21, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1977
- Place: Hernando, MS
- Airport: Duster Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.8496° N, 89.9924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hernando, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8496&lon=-89.9924&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5624X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5624X-1979-04-04) (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 S2B
- Reported engine: WRIGHT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,177 total, 330 in this make and model, 430 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FLT05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLT05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770821025539A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 MIA77FLT05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLT05), Aug 21, 1977: Aero Comdr S-2R (N5624X), Hernando, MS, 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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