Ayres Corporation S-2R
N8960Q is an Ayres Corporation S-2R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Inland Crop Dusters INC, a corporation in Shafter, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 16, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 16, 1978.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Ayres Corporation
- Model
- S-2R · all S-2Rs and related versions
- Serial number
- 2450R
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1978
- Transponder code
- AC5E05 (octal 53057005)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 16, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · May 16, 1978
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00301581
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Inland Crop Dusters INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 5001 Stearman Ave
Shafter, CA 93263-4030
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N8960Q, 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 Inland Crop Dusters INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 16, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 16, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2450R for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8960Q according to the deregistered file. [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 N8960Q: Accident on November 3, 2021 at Shafter, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on July 21, 1998 at Shafter, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ayres Corporation S-2R · operated under 137
The pilot’s decision to depart into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of airplane control.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR22FA026 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ayres S2R · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate clearance from the irrigation standpipe due to glare from the rising sun.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX98LA238 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data