# Accident 19810731046589A: Piper PA36285, Mcfarland, CA, July 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1981, 07:10 local time
- Place: Mcfarland, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.6675° N, 119.2322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McFarland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6675&lon=-119.2322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9918P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9918P-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 6-285-A (registry code 17038, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVA56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810731046589A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT FERRYING AIRCRAFT HIT POWER-LINE WITH RIGHT WING 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 LAX81DVA56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA56), Jul 31, 1981: Piper PA-36 (N9918P), Mcfarland, CA, destroyed

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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