N1663S - 1981 Ayres Corporation S2R-R1820 Aircraft Registration

N1663S is a 1981 Ayres Corporation S2R-R1820, a single-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to Slater Richard J in Maddock, ND. This aircraft holds a restricted airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on June 6, 1981. The registration certificate was issued on March 16, 2012. The registration is set to expire on March 31, 2028. Powered by a Wright R-1820 SER engine producing 1475 horsepower, N1663S is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A10ACA (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N1663S was last updated on April 28, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.

The Ayres S-2R-T660 Turbo Thrush is a specialized agricultural aircraft that represented a technological shift from radial to turboprop power in crop-dusting operations. First flown in its prototype S-2R form on September 9, 1975, with the T660 variant certificated in March 2000, it is a single-seat, low-wing taildragger configuration powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop engine. With an empty weight of 2,336 kg and maximum loaded weight of 5,670 kg, it features a chemical hopper capacity up to 2,273 liters. The aircraft was manufactured by Ayres Corporation in Albany, Georgia. AviatorDB tracks 248 Ayres Corporation aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is A660.

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