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LAX81FUJ88

1981-08-19 · PHOENIX, Arizona, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N5232S has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC RXS-8, built 2003), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AIR TRACTOR AT-302 · N5232S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DK
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
LONE BUTTE RANCH
Kind of flying
CA

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
090° / 3 kt
Temp
97° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000302-0129
Total time
570 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
20,000
Age
53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WAS AWARE OF LOCATION OF PWR LN.STRUCK A LWR WIRE.

Investigator remarks

SPRAYING COTTON ON BRIGHT NGT.FLAGGER INDCD PLT

Cause factors

  • 64/A/54 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2276. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2276.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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