# Accident 19790607023849A: Ayres 600S2D, Echo, OR, June 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1979, 17:30 local time
- Place: Echo, OR
- Airport: Butter Creek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.4812° N, 119.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Butter Creek Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4812&lon=-119.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1717S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1717S-2009-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 600 S-2D (registry code 0143010, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-600-s-2d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES 600S2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 14 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYM38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYM38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790607023849A

## Narrative

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

MADE CROSSWIND LANDING ON SLOPING RUNWAY. RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT. SKID MARKS ON RWY. RAN OFF SIDE.

## 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 SEA79DYM38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYM38), Jun 7, 1979: Snow S2D (N1717S), Echo, OR, destroyed

## Other reports on N1717S (2)

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

- [Incident 19780309015659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780309015659I), Mar 9, 1978: Ayres 600S2D (N1717S), Pendleton, OR. Tire blew out just before liftoff. Takeoff was aborted.
- [Accident 19740805027879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740805027879A), Aug 5, 1974: Ayres 600S2D (N1717S), Soledad, CA, Substantial damage. Blower bearings failed.

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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