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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Ayres Corporation
- Model
- S-2R · all S-2Rs 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
- 2450R
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1978
- Transponder code
- AC5E05 (octal 53057005)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 16, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 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 · May 16, 1978
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00301581
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Inland Crop Dusters 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
- 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.
Connections how N8960Q 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 R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- Inland Crop Dusters INC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Shafter, CA 28 aircraft registered in this town
- Shafter-Minter Field · MIT
- California 27,686 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
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Nut, damaged · 2006-12-06
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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.
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data