# Incident 19920801043839I: Ayres S2RR1340REST, Litchfield Park, AZ, August 1, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1992, 03:30 local time
- Place: Litchfield Park, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZBUG
- Location: 33.5021° N, 112.3594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Litchfield Park, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5021&lon=-112.3594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8973Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8973Q-2014-11-20) (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 S2RR1340REST
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,518 total, 633 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920801043839I

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON A LOW PASS OVER FIELD. FORCED LANDING IN ANOTHER FIELD. FOUND NR3 CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM BARREL.

## Other reports on N8973Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19991111036769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991111036769I), Nov 11, 1999: Ayres S2R (N8973Q), Suprise, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) After expelling chemical load pilot was in cruise flt returning to home base when powerplant power setting/rpm would not follow cockpit trottle movement.…
- [Accident 19740831029739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740831029739A), Aug 31, 1974: Ayres S2R (N8973Q), Marsing, ID, Substantial damage. Small strip. Swerved l off rwy when wing hit high weeds. Hit irrigation corrugate.

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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