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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Airpts A9 · Shafter, CA · July 19, 1979

Date
July 19, 1979 · 06:30 local
Place
Shafter, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7224V
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79FVA51
Reported as
Airpts A9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
446 total44 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft was seen making procedure turn & descending to ground. Possible pilot's vision obscured by sun or wndshld.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT WAS SEEN MAKING PROCEDURE TURN & DESCENDING TO GROUND. POSSIBLE PILOT'S VISION OBSCURED BY SUN OR WNDSHLD.

NTSB investigation

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