Ayres Corporation S2R-G10
N40261 is an Ayres Corporation S2R-G10, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1999. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Jones Aviation INC, a corporation in Biggs, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 14, 2023 and expires on August 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; other, dated May 19, 1999.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Ayres Corporation
- Model
- S2R-G10 · all S2R-G10s 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
- G10-158
- 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 SERIES · 600 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1999
- Transponder code
- A4B753 (octal 51133523)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 14, 2023
- Expires
- August 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- August 14, 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 control; OtherFAA certificate purpose code 10 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 19, 1999
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00455722
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Jones Aviation INC
- 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 497
Biggs, CA 95917-0497
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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 2
Connections how N40261 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 series 491 aircraft with this engine series · 904 hp
- Jones Aviation INC 22 aircraft in the fleet
- Biggs, CA 52 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,761 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
- Report filed on this aircraft: Hose, deteriorated · 2002-08-06
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The public federal record on N40261, 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 Jones Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 14, 2023, expires August 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; other, dated May 19, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial G10-158 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N40261 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Hiller UH-12E (serial 5056, cancelled March 1, 1995); Piper PA-23-250 (serial 27-7305073, cancelled May 30, 1973). 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 N40261: Accident on April 9, 2024 at Derner, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ayres Corporation S2R-G10 · operated under 137
The pilot’s failure to adequately monitor his fuel supply, resulting in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and the airplane’s impact with terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 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 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data