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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Calipatria, CA · September 6, 1980

Date
September 6, 1980 · 16:30 local
Place
Calipatria, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9961P
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FUM29
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Reported engine
Continental 6285C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,800 total3,500 in this make and model50 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.

Reported engine quit on spray run. Crashed. Burned. Cause unknown. Carb mags fuel control, destroyed by fire.

As the FAA filed it

REPORTED ENGINE QUIT ON SPRAY RUN. CRASHED. BURNED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. CARB MAGS FUEL CONTROL, DESTROYED BY FIRE.

NTSB investigation

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