# Incident 20040512017539I: Ayres S2R, Imperial, CA, May 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2004, 19:30 local time
- Place: Imperial, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: XJZG
- Location: 32.8388° N, 115.5720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Imperial, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8388&lon=-115.5720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8914Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8914Q-2005-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S-2R (registry code 0970101, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2R
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040512017539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A FIELD. DURING LANDING, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR DUG INTO THE SOFT DIRT AND WAS BENT UNDER, DAMAGING THE ADJACENT AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DURING INITIAL INVESTIGATION, FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE WINGS, THE PROPELLER ROTATED WITH COMPRESSION AT ALL CYLINDERS, AND NO OTHER EVIDENCE OF ENGINE FAILURE WAS OBSERVED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DID NOT CONDUCT AND ENGINE TEAR-DOWN AND COMMITTED THAT AIRCRAFT TO SCRAP.

## Other reports on N8914Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19940811032259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940811032259A), Aug 11, 1994: Ayres S2RR1340REST (N8914Q), Vienna, GA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on swath run. On landing hit ditch. NR1 cylinder had fractured. No evidence of over heating.

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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