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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Lecompte, LA · August 23, 1974

Date
August 23, 1974
Place
Lecompte, LA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4585Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW75DRJ10
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,316 total3,000 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left wing struck 8FT tall sugar cane adjacent to bean fld.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT WING STRUCK 8FT TALL SUGAR CANE ADJACENT TO BEAN FLD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.