Air Tractor AT-301 N8544S

26 August 1980 · Brawley, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 26 August 1980 at about 01:20 local time, a Air Tractor AT-301 registered N8544S, operated by Central Brave, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Brawley, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 August 1980 at 01:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Brawley, California, United States
Nearest airport: Brawley Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Air Tractor AT-301
Registration: N8544S
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Central Brave
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-2710

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

NO 2 & 3 CYL HOLD DOWN STUDS SEPARATED.ARPT ELEVMINUS 128FT MSL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2710, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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