Ayres Corporation S2R-T15
N40170 is an Ayres Corporation S2R-T15, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1979. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Kearns Capital Holdings LLC, an LLC in Nampa, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 20, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated November 14, 1979.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Ayres Corporation
- Model
- S2R-T15 · all S2R-T15s 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
- T15-005
- 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 · P&W Canada PT6A-60A · 1050 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1979
- Transponder code
- A4B3BE (octal 51131676)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 20, 2023
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 20, 2023
- 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 14, 1979
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00891024
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kearns Capital Holdings LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 6362 e Brimley Dr
Nampa, ID 83687-4120
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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 N40170 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
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A 1,177 aircraft with this engine series · 1050 hp
- Kearns Capital Holdings LLC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Nampa, ID 191 aircraft registered in this town
- Nampa Municipal · MAN
- Idaho 4,199 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
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A 2 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N40170, 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 Kearns Capital Holdings LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 20, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated November 14, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial T15-005 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N40170 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson 108 (serial 180-100, cancelled September 28, 1948). 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]
1 NTSB record under N40170: Accident on April 18, 2018 at Weipee, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ayres Corporation S2R · operated under 137
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.
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