# Accident 19780711022899A: Ayres S2B, Bancroft, WI, July 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1978
- Place: Bancroft, WI
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 44.3086° N, 89.5062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bancroft, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3086&lon=-89.5062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1638S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1638S-2009-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Snow S2C (registry code 8380206, https://openairdocs.org/model/snow-s2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEP45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780711022899A

## Narrative

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

AD 66-14-01(I) REQD STEEL SPAR CAPS.NO STEEL SPAR CAPS FOUND ON A

## 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 CHI78FEP45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP45), Jul 11, 1978: Snow S2C (N1638S), Bancroft, WI, 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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