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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ayres S-2R · Royal City, WA · October 13, 1978

Date: October 13, 1978 · 15:30 local
Place: Royal City, WA
Airport: Christensen
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4873X
Reported as: Ayres S2R
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total250 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4873XRegistration cancelled May 15, 2015 · Rockwell International S-2RS/N 2139R · Built 1975 Airframe modelRockwell International S-2R Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Rough running engine due to a blown out spark plug. Aircraft nosed over after pilot landed in a soft field.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE DUE TO A BLOWN OUT SPARK PLUG. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AFTER PILOT LANDED IN A SOFT FIELD.