# Incident 19780508032669I: Ayres S2R, College Port, TX, May 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1978, 10:15 local time
- Place: College Port, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 28.7253° N, 96.1750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Collegeport, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7253&lon=-96.1750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1762S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1762S-1982-10-28) (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: 8,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780508032669I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FAULTY CARBURETOR. FOUND PIN HOLE IN FLOAT AND TWO JETS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY.

## Other reports on N1762S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820707026269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820707026269A), Jul 7, 1982: Ayres S2R (N1762S), Blackton, AR, Destroyed. Exhaust stack failed, exhaust gas on carbuertor caused a power loss. Struck a rice levee on landing.

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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