32.9785° N, 115.5286° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Brawley, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 26, 1980 · 01:20 local
Place
Brawley, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N85445
Reported as
Airtrc AT301
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total2,042 in this make and model223 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.
Aircraft crashed en route to spray crops. Investigation revealed engine failure.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT CRASHED EN ROUTE TO SPRAY CROPS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ENGINE FAILURE.