# Accident 19810730046669A: Piper PA25235, Bentonia, MS, July 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1981, 18:45 local time
- Place: Bentonia, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.6436° N, 90.3692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bentonia, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6436&lon=-90.3692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4883Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4883Y-2005-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 531 total, 174 in this make and model, 174 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FKQ24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKQ24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810730046669A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AG PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO HIT TREE DURING SPRAY RUN. AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL81FKQ24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKQ24), Jul 30, 1981: Piper PA-25 (N4883Y), Bentonia, MS, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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