# Accident 19790314004659A: Piper PA36285, Los Banos, CA, March 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Los Banos, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.0634° N, 120.8384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Banos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0634&lon=-120.8384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9946P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9946P-2013-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 6-285-A (registry code 17038, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,391 total, 300 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FVA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVA21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790314004659A

## Narrative

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

AERIAL APPLICATOR PILOT HIT A TREE ON PULL UP FROM SPRAY RUN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK79FVA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVA21), Mar 14, 1979: Piper PA-36 (N9946P), Los Banos, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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