# Incident 19780721036059I: Piper PA25260, Royal City, WA, July 21, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1978, 08:00 local time
- Place: Royal City, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 46.9018° N, 119.6209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Royal City, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9018&lon=-119.6209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8804L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8804L-1982-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780721036059I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SPRAY PILOT STRUCK WIRES DURING A SWATH RUN.

## Other reports on N8804L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740429010209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740429010209A), Apr 29, 1974: Piper PA25260 (N8804L), Othello, WA, Substantial damage. Plt dived acft after clearing 120FT pwr lines.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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