# Accident 19820621023599A: Piper PA36375, Wildsville, LA, June 21, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1982, 12:10 local time
- Place: Wildsville, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.6157° N, 91.7840° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wildsville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6157&lon=-91.7840&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90297, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90297-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-375 (registry code 7103620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-375) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36375
- Reported engine: LYC IO720*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FRJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820621023599A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK RADIO TOWER ON PULL UP FROM A SPRAY RUN. IMPACT SHEARED OFF A WING. PILOT WAS ADVISED OF OBSTRUCTION.

## 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 FTW82FRJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ12), Jun 21, 1982: Piper PA-36-375 (N90297), Wildsville, LA, 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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