# Accident 19820503013939A: Ayres S2RRESTD, Alvin, TX, May 3, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1982, 12:45 local time
- Place: Alvin, TX
- Airport: Alvin
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 29.4248° N, 95.2244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alvin, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4248&lon=-95.2244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8456V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8456V-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International S-2R (registry code 7630202, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-s-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RRESTD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 900 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FRA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRA20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820503013939A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT DIVED INTO POWERLINES EN ROUTE TO SPRAY FIELD. REASON FOR ACTION NOT CLEAR.

## 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 FTW82FRA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRA20), May 3, 1982: Rockwell Intl S-2R (N8456V), Alvin, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N8456V (2)

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

- [Accident 19941101037099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941101037099A), Nov 1, 1994: Ayres S2RRESTD (N8456V), Madison, MS, Destroyed. Smoke from floor at cruise. Landed cotton field. Heavy braking avoid treeline. No evidence inflight fire. Unknown.
- [Incident 19900330032559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900330032559I), Mar 30, 1990: Ayres S2RR3SRESTD (N8456V), Hollandale, MS, Minor damage. Aircraft collided with a fertilizer transport trailer at an aricultural airstrip.

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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