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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Ayres S2R · Coalinga, CA · June 2, 1979

Date
June 2, 1979 · 01:45 local
Place
Coalinga, CA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8851Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK79DVA37
Reported as
Ayres S2R
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,330 total9,731 in this make and model49 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.

Struck tree during climb out on night takeoff from ag strip.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREE DURING CLIMB OUT ON NIGHT TAKEOFF FROM AG STRIP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.