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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Wthrly 201B · Soledad, CA · September 27, 1988

Date
September 27, 1988 · 10:20 local
Place
Soledad, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
LSRG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1265W
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88DVM04
Reported as
Wthrly 201B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
793 total311 in this make and model159 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Engine fire erupted during a spray run. Smoke in cockpit. Crash landed and aircraft burned. Cause of fire unknown.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FIRE ERUPTED DURING A SPRAY RUN. SMOKE IN COCKPIT. CRASH LANDED AND AIRCRAFT BURNED. CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N1265W · 1

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