- Date
- October 9, 1980
- Place
- Pixley, CA · PIXLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4336SAir Tractor AT-300
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801009051999A
- Case key
- 128575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2714 80/10/9 PIXLEY,CA AIR TRACTOR AT-300 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2007 TIME - 1630 N4336S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 510 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIXLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIXLEY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 98 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 1 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1235 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (DUST) KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 - 300 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- D/A APPROX 3000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4336S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pixley
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4336S · 1
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