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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT301 · Imperial, CA · October 4, 1980

Date
October 4, 1980 · 05:32 local
Place
Imperial, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4356S
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FUM01
Reported as
Airtrc AT301
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,107 total2,718 in this make and model283 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.

Ag pilot flew into fog bank during spray operation. Lost control and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

AG PILOT FLEW INTO FOG BANK DURING SPRAY OPERATION. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

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