# Incident 19780831038419I: Airpts A9, Sanger, CA, August 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1978, 08:15 local time
- Place: Sanger, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.7009° N, 119.5577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanger, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7009&lon=-119.5577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7237V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780831038419I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING AERIAL PEST CONTROL, AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH POWER-LINE. LANDING LIGHT INJESTED BY CARBUREATOR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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