# Accident 20040108000439A: Ayres S2RT65, Socorro, NM, January 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2004, 09:00 local time
- Place: Socorro, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1789° N, 107.1392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1789&lon=-107.1392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3100E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3100E-2010-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T65 (registry code 0970109, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AG (registry code 52109, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RT65
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A65R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 300 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04TA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04TA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040108000439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 8, 2004, AT 0900 MST, AN AYRES S2R-T65, N3100E, REGISTERED TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, LOST POWER NEAR SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED DURING A POST-CRASH FIRE AND THE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR BOTH RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, ON JANUARY 8, 2004, AT 0820 MST.

## 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 DEN04TA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04TA036), Jan 8, 2004: Ayres S2T-T65 (N3100E), Magdalena, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: loss of engine power for reasons undetermined. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.

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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