# Accident 19800903064009A: Ayres S2R, Lemoore, CA, September 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1980, 21:20 local time
- Place: Lemoore, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.2953° N, 119.7973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lemoore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2953&lon=-119.7973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5632X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5632X-1991-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S-2R (registry code 0970101, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,368 total, 330 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVA66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVA66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800903064009A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT TREES AND WIRES ATTEMPTING NIGHT SPRAYING OPERATION.

## 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 LAX80FVA66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVA66), Sep 3, 1980: Snow 600S2R (N5632X), Lemoore, CA, substantial damage

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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