# Accident 19960725026059A: Ayres S2RR1340REST, Tahlequah, OK, July 25, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1996, 15:40 local time
- Place: Tahlequah, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: KTEG
- Location: 35.9097° N, 94.9700° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9097&lon=-94.9700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4886X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4886X-2022-12-03) (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 S2RR1340REST
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,800 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA326) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960725026059A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON FERRY FLIGHT. MADE HARD LANDING IN ROUGH FIELD. PILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT DUE FUEL EXHAUSTION. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS FILLED UP IN ARKANSAS; 1.50 MILES OUT (1.6 ON TACH.) THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN CUTTING OUT AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN NEAR STALL CONDITION WHEN IT HIT A TREE AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. FUEL EXHAUSTION ALTHOUGH FUEL GAUGE SHOWED 1/4 TANK OF FUEL REMAINING.

## 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 FTW96LA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA326), Jul 25, 1996: Rockwell International S2R (N4886X), Tahlequah, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane resulting in fuel exhaustion. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## Other reports on N4886X (1)

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

- [Accident 20170727010089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170727010089A), Jul 27, 2017: Rockwell International S-2R (N4886X), Mcrae, GA, Substantial damage. On July 27, 2017, at approximately 10:30 a.m. eastern standard time (EST), N4886X experienced an uncontrollable landing at the Telfair-Wheeler County Airport…

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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