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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ayres S2RR1340REST · Corcoran, CA · August 13, 1987

Date: August 13, 1987 · 03:00 local
Place: Corcoran, CA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: PXCG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N40103
Reported as: Ayres S2RR1340REST
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total6,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N40103Registered now · Ayres S2R-600S/N 2566R · Built 1981 Airframe modelAyres S2R-600 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.

Engine shutdown due to a severe vibration. Landed in a field. Nine inches of a propeller blade had separated.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO A SEVERE VIBRATION. LANDED IN A FIELD. NINE INCHES OF A PROPELLER BLADE HAD SEPARATED.