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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-260 · Colville, WA · February 28, 1981

Date
February 28, 1981 · 14:00 local
Place
Colville, WA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4991Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81FYP07
Reported as
Piper PA25260
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,846 total615 in this make and model143 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.

Stalled ag airplane during pull-up to clear a ridge at end of swath run. Possible windshear.

As the FAA filed it

STALLED AG AIRPLANE DURING PULL-UP TO CLEAR A RIDGE AT END OF SWATH RUN. POSSIBLE WINDSHEAR.

NTSB investigation

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