# Accident 19791017030429A: Airtrc AT301, Greenfield, CA, October 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Greenfield, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.3240° N, 121.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenfield, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3240&lon=-121.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4438S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4438S-1982-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-301 (registry code 0390103, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,965 total, 220 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVM02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791017030429A

## Narrative

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

AG AIRCRAFT STRUCK STAND-PIPE ON EDGE OF FIELD, STARTING 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 LAX80DVM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVM02), Oct 17, 1979: Air Tractor AT-301 (N4438S), Greenfield, CA, destroyed

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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