- Date
- March 3, 1981
- Place
- Brawley, CA · BRAWLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4399SAir Tractor AT-301
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810303018409A
- Case key
- 126995
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0512 81/3/3 BRAWLEY,CA AIR TRACTOR AT-301 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 21216 TIME - 1345 N4399S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2494 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AG STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRAWLEY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LNDD IN GRAIN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4399S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ag Strip
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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.