- Date
- September 6, 1980
- Place
- Calipatria, CA · CALIPATRIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9961PPiper PA-36
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800906078149A
- Case key
- 128659
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2827 80/9/6 CALIPATRIA,CA PIPER PA-36 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N9961P PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 40, 11800 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALIPATRIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALIPATRIA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 180 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DUSTING SUGAR BEETS W SEVIN BAIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9961P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Calipatria
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.