# Incident 19800930083869I: Airtrc AT301, El Centro, CA, September 30, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: El Centro, CA
- Airport: Heber
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.7864° N, 115.5602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Centro, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7864&lon=-115.5602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8709S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8709S-1990-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-301 (registry code 0390103, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800930083869I

## Narrative

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

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

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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