# Accident 19810805047609A: Airtrc AT301, Blythe, CA, August 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1981, 04:30 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.6535° N, 114.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blythe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6535&lon=-114.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3649T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUG45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUG45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810805047609A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX81DUG45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUG45), Aug 5, 1981: Air Tractor AT-301 (N3649T), Blythe, 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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