# Accident 19800811034879A: Piper PA25235, Plaquemine, LA, August 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1980, 20:00 local time
- Place: Plaquemine, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.2832° N, 91.2438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plaquemine, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2832&lon=-91.2438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4485Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4485Y-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,177 total, 750 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRD55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRD55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800811034879A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES ON PULL-UP FROM A SPRAY RUN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW80FRD55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRD55), Aug 11, 1980: Piper PA-25 (N4485Y), Plaquemine, LA, destroyed

## Other reports on N4485Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19790928028599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790928028599A), Sep 28, 1979: Piper PA25235 (N4485Y), East Baton Roug, LA, Substantial damage. Left wing tip hit tall grass on landing on dirt road. Aircraft ground looped. Collapsed gear.

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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