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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT301 · Blythe, CA · August 5, 1981

Date
August 5, 1981 · 04:30 local
Place
Blythe, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3649T
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81DUG45
Reported as
Airtrc AT301
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23,500 total200 in this make and model105 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck wires at end of spray run. Factors; dark night, wake turbulence from previous run.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES AT END OF SPRAY RUN. FACTORS; DARK NIGHT, WAKE TURBULENCE FROM PREVIOUS RUN.

NTSB investigation

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