19801111067849A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · White Castle, LA · November 11, 1980

Date
November 11, 1980 · 11:30 local
Place
White Castle, LA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7053Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81DRD06
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,400 total3,800 in this make and model103 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.

Full load hot humid day settled with power on downwind turn after takeoff landed cross furrow in cane field.

As the FAA filed it

FULL LOAD HOT HUMID DAY SETTLED WITH POWER ON DOWNWIND TURN AFTER TAKEOFF LANDED CROSS FURROW IN CANE FIELD.

NTSB investigation

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