19810622035289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · La Grande, OR · June 22, 1981

Date
June 22, 1981 · 18:00 local
Place
La Grande, OR
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6782Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81DYM29
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,135 total206 in this make and model100 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.

Misjudged altitude above alfalfa during a spray run. Wheels caught in alfalfa, struck ground, ground-looped.

As the FAA filed it

MISJUDGED ALTITUDE ABOVE ALFALFA DURING A SPRAY RUN. WHEELS CAUGHT IN ALFALFA, STRUCK GROUND, GROUND-LOOPED.

NTSB investigation

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