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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Wrightsville, GA · June 18, 1979

Date
June 18, 1979 · 16:00 local
Place
Wrightsville, GA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9534P
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FKG49
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23,000 total60 in this make and model60 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.

Ag acft hit trees, crashed & burned. Autopsy indicates pilot incapacitation due to gallbladder attack.

As the FAA filed it

AG ACFT HIT TREES, CRASHED & BURNED. AUTOPSY INDICATES PILOT INCAPACITATION DUE TO GALLBLADDER ATTACK.

NTSB investigation

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