# Accident 19801004078669A: Airtrc AT301, Imperial, CA, October 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1980, 05:32 local time
- Place: Imperial, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.8388° N, 115.5720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Imperial, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8388&lon=-115.5720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4356S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4356S-1981-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-300 (registry code 0390101, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,107 total, 2,718 in this make and model, 283 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUM01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801004078669A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX81FUM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUM01), Oct 4, 1980: Air Tractor AT-300 (N4356S), Imperial, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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