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Incident

FAA incident report · Ayres S2A · Denver, CO · November 12, 1978

Date
November 12, 1978 · 18:00 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Stapleton International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N201SM
Reported as
Ayres S2A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,900 total330 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Experienced electrical failure in flight. Landed safely. Replaced both generator relays.

As the FAA filed it

EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN FLIGHT. LANDED SAFELY. REPLACED BOTH GENERATOR RELAYS.