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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Ripley, TN · June 18, 1982

Date
June 18, 1982 · 15:00 local
Place
Ripley, TN
Airport
Arnold
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8544L
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL82DA171
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B2B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
617 total428 in this make and model142 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 dive under unforeseen wires on a spray run,struck the ground instead. Inadequate field ground inspection.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED TO DIVE UNDER UNFORESEEN WIRES ON A SPRAY RUN,STRUCK THE GROUND INSTEAD. INADEQUATE FIELD GROUND INSPECTION.

NTSB investigation

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