19800228004339A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper STCPA36 · Los Banos, CA · February 28, 1980

Date
February 28, 1980 · 08:45 local
Place
Los Banos, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9942P
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DVA18
Reported as
Piper STCPA36
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,701 total300 in this make and model150 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.

Ag pilot flew into wires while spraying crops.

As the FAA filed it

AG PILOT FLEW INTO WIRES WHILE SPRAYING CROPS.

NTSB investigation

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