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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Ayres S-2R · Holtville, CA · August 31, 1980

Date
August 31, 1980 · 04:30 local
Place
Holtville, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4225X
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DUM28
Reported as
Ayres S2R
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,254 total1,500 in this make and model300 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.

Became too low on night swath run. Spray boom caught in cotton. Crashed in cotton field.

As the FAA filed it

BECAME TOO LOW ON NIGHT SWATH RUN. SPRAY BOOM CAUGHT IN COTTON. CRASHED IN COTTON FIELD.

NTSB investigation

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