19790531010259A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA25 · Chouteau, OK · May 31, 1979

Date
May 31, 1979 · 11:20 local
Place
Chouteau, OK
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7161Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79FPM09
Reported as
Piper PA25
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,116 total500 in this make and model70 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.

Pilot flew into power lines while conducting agricultural operations.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLEW INTO POWER LINES WHILE CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS.

NTSB investigation

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