32.9785° N, 115.5286° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Brawley, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 7, 1980 · 02:00 local
Place
Brawley, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N86295
Reported as
Airtrc AT301
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,500 total0 in this make and model157 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.
Fatigued & suffering from chemical exposure pilot blacked out in flight. Airplane descended to ground impact.
As the FAA filed it
FATIGUED & SUFFERING FROM CHEMICAL EXPOSURE PILOT BLACKED OUT IN FLIGHT. AIRPLANE DESCENDED TO GROUND IMPACT.