Ayres Corporation S2R-G6
N2239V is an Ayres Corporation S2R-G6, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines. It has 1 seat. It is registered to North Star Aviation INC, a corporation in Ulysses, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 5, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated November 26, 1996.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Ayres Corporation
- Model
- S2R-G6 · all S2R-G6s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. The Thrush crop sprayer. This is how the Ayres Corporation S-2 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- G6-144
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Airesearch TPE331-6-251M · 750 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A1EFCD (octal 50367715)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 5, 2024
- Expires
- June 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- June 5, 2024
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 26, 1996
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00016321
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- North Star Aviation INC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 412
Ulysses, KS 67880-0412
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N2239V links to the rest of the register
- Ayres Corporation S-2 244 registered
- Ayres Corporation 244 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- AiResearch (Honeywell) TPE331-6-251M 11 aircraft with this engine series · 750 hp
- North Star Aviation INC 33 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to June 22, 2027
- Ulysses, KS 71 aircraft registered in this town
- Ulysses Airport · ULS
- Kansas 5,740 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Ayres Corporation S-2 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Ayres Corporation S-2 128 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Ayres Corporation S-2 182 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N2239V, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to North Star Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 5, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial G6-144 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2239V was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 140 (serial 14470, cancelled May 13, 1992). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N2239V: Accident on August 6, 2025 at Slayton, MN: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 25, 1990 at Blissfield, MI: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ayres Corporation S2R-G6 · operated under 137
On August 6, 2025, about 1300 central daylight time, a Ayres Corporation S2R-G6, airplane, registration N2239V, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Slayton, Minnesota. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 agricultural flight. The operator stated the weather conditions were favorable with clear skies and less than 10 knots of wind. The airplane was lightly loaded to about 30-40% of its total capacity. The pilot had flown about 40-50 hours in the accident airplane and had reported no previous …
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 140 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH A UTILITY WIRE.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data