19810429020429A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Ingalls, KS · April 29, 1981

Date
April 29, 1981 · 08:30 local
Place
Ingalls, KS
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82438
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC81DCQ33
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
362 total120 in this make and model10 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.

Aircraft hit pole during first swath run. Pilot did not see pole.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT POLE DURING FIRST SWATH RUN. PILOT DID NOT SEE POLE.

NTSB investigation

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