# Accident 19800906078149A: Piper PA36285, Calipatria, CA, September 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Calipatria, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.1687° N, 115.4856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Calipatria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1687&lon=-115.4856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9961P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9961P-1980-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: CONT 6285C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,800 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUM29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800906078149A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX80FUM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUM29), Sep 6, 1980: Piper PA-36 (N9961P), Calipatria, CA, destroyed

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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