19790428008279A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Mayday, KS · April 28, 1979

Date
April 28, 1979 · 07:30 local
Place
Mayday, KS
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7641Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC79FCQ20
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,083 total19 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Pilot hit the top of a tree while spraying crops. This was the pilot's first day as an ag pilot.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HIT THE TOP OF A TREE WHILE SPRAYING CROPS. THIS WAS THE PILOT'S FIRST DAY AS AN AG PILOT.

NTSB investigation

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