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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Aptos, CA · September 7, 1981

Date
September 7, 1981 · 13:15 local
Place
Aptos, CA
Airport
Watsonville
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9675F
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81DVM30
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,330 total545 in this make and model260 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.

Fatigued ag pilot struck wires mid field on a spray run. Wires not marked. No wire cutter on aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

FATIGUED AG PILOT STRUCK WIRES MID FIELD ON A SPRAY RUN. WIRES NOT MARKED. NO WIRE CUTTER ON AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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