19810825051709A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Fort Valley, GA · August 25, 1981

Date
August 25, 1981 · 19:50 local
Place
Fort Valley, GA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8689L
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81DKG44
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,538 total2,500 in this make and model311 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.

Tried to fly under power line on a spray run. Wing struck a guy wire. Crashed inverted.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED TO FLY UNDER POWER LINE ON A SPRAY RUN. WING STRUCK A GUY WIRE. CRASHED INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

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