# Incident 19880614044999I: Ayres S2RRESTD, Cleveland, MS, June 14, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1988, 14:00 local time
- Place: Cleveland, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RSXG
- Location: 33.7440° N, 90.7285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cleveland, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7440&lon=-90.7285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5543X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5543X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander S2R (registry code 0143022, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-s2r) (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
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880614044999I

## Narrative

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

POWER LOSS ON TURN AROUND AT COMPLETION OF A SWATH RUN.  FORCED LANDING. FOUND A DEFECTIVE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP.

## Other reports on N5543X (2)

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

- [Accident 19890528013839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890528013839A), May 28, 1989: Ayres S2RRESTD (N5543X), Lambert, MS, Destroyed. Engine failed on takeoff. Landed in a field hit ditch overturned and burned. Impeller bearing failed.
- [Accident 19850703029869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850703029869A), Jul 3, 1985: Ayres S2RR1340REST (N5543X), Paragould, AR, Substantial damage. Float needle seat assembly threads worn and backed out of carburetor body shutting off the fuel.

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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