# Accident 19800228004339A: Piper STCPA36, Los Banos, CA, February 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1980, 08:45 local time
- Place: Los Banos, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- 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: N9942P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER STCPA36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,701 total, 300 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800228004339A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT FLEW INTO WIRES WHILE SPRAYING CROPS.

## 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 LAX80DVA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVA18), Feb 28, 1980: Piper PA-36 (N9942P), Los Banos, CA, substantial damage

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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