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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airtrc AT-301 · El Centro, CA · September 30, 1980

Date
September 30, 1980 · 14:30 local
Place
El Centro, CA
Airport
Heber
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8709S
Reported as
Airtrc AT301
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total800 in this make and model0 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.

Left main struck soft dirt during landing roll. Pilot lost directional control swerved to left and nosed up.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT MAIN STRUCK SOFT DIRT DURING LANDING ROLL. PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SWERVED TO LEFT AND NOSED UP.