N30902 — 1992 Ayres Corporation S2R-T34

Aircraft record

Serial number

T41-179

Manufacturer

Ayres Corporation

Model

S2R-T34

Year

1992

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

P&w Pt6a Ser

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N30902 →

Accident & incident history

1. CEN11LA404Jun 16, 2011Athleimer, ARMinor

   Failure of the first stage planetary gearset in the propeller reduction gearbox, which resulted in catastrophic engine failure. Contributing to the failure was the misrepresentation of the gearset being zero-timed by the company that sold the gearset to the operator. Also contributing was the total accumulated hours on the used gearset, which were beyond the manufacturer's recommended time between overhaul.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1992 Ayres Corporation S2R-T34).

1. May 23, 2017deregistered — Swan Lake Flying Services Inc

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N30902 was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1992 Ayres Corporation S2R-T34 above.

• until Mar 10, 19711970 Cessna 177B (s/n 17701537)

Frequently asked

Has N30902 been in an accident?

Yes. N30902 appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2011.

What kind of aircraft is N30902?

N30902 is a 1992 Ayres Corporation S2R-T34 (fixed wing single-engine), serial number T41-179.