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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18 · Holtville, CA · May 31, 1981

Date
May 31, 1981 · 16:44 local
Place
Holtville, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4711A
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FA095
Reported as
Piper PA18
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
251 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Flew into power-lines. Crashed and burned.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO POWER-LINES. CRASHED AND BURNED.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N4711A · 3

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