19800502011769A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Delano, CA · May 2, 1980

Date
May 2, 1980 · 10:45 local
Place
Delano, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6608Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DVA37
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,475 total80 in this make and model79 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.

Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion during ag operation. Crash-landed in vineyard.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION DURING AG OPERATION. CRASH-LANDED IN VINEYARD.

NTSB investigation

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