# Incident 19780808049769I: Piper PA25235, Gresham, OR, August 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1978, 08:00 local time
- Place: Gresham, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.5023° N, 122.4416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gresham, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5023&lon=-122.4416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6668Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6668Z-2013-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780808049769I

## Narrative

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

WING STRUCK POWER LINE AT END OF SPRAY RUN. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N6668Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19780912017179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780912017179I), Sep 12, 1978: Piper PA25235 (N6668Z), Ridgefield, WA, Minor damage. Crop duster struck power lines at end of run, landed safely.
- [Incident 19780315016519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780315016519I), Mar 15, 1978: Piper PA25235 (N6668Z), Monroe, OR. Spray pilot hit & broke a power-line. Said he lost sight of it due to sun reflections.

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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