# Accident 19801009051999A: Airtrc AT300, Pixley, CA, October 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Pixley, CA
- Airport: Pixley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.9605° N, 119.3080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Pixley Airport (P27), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9605&lon=-119.3080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4336S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4336S-1992-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-300 (registry code 0390101, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,007 total, 510 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801009051999A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT LIFT OFF, PILOT DUMPED LOAD TO LATE AN AIRCRAFT CRASHED OFF END OF RUNWAY. TEMP 98 DEGREES.

## 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 LAX81DVA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA05), Oct 9, 1980: Air Tractor AT-300 (N4336S), Pixley, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N4336S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19840306043719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840306043719A), Mar 6, 1984: Airtrc AT300 (N4336S), Delano, CA, Substantial damage. Struck farm equipment on a low short approach to the ag strip. Stopped inverted in a ditch.

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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