Aero Comdr S2C N8851Q

2 June 1979 · Coalinga, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 June 1979 at about 01:45 local time, a Aero Comdr S2C registered N8851Q, operated by Western AG AVI, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Coalinga, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 June 1979 at 01:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Coalinga, California, United States
Nearest airport: Ranch Strip
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aero Comdr S2C
Registration: N8851Q
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Western AG AVI
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 (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-1803

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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.

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CROP-SAFFLOWER

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 3-1803, 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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