36.7009° N, 119.5577° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanger, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 31, 1978 · 08:15 local
Place
Sanger, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7237V
Reported as
Airpts A9
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B2B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
During aerial pest control, aircraft collided with power-line. Landing light injested by carbureator.
As the FAA filed it
DURING AERIAL PEST CONTROL, AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH POWER-LINE. LANDING LIGHT INJESTED BY CARBUREATOR.