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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA25235 · Sicily Island, LA · October 15, 1982

Date
October 15, 1982 · 18:35 local
Place
Sicily Island, LA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8520L
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83LA018
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,400 total5,402 in this make and model410 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Sun glare and dirty windshield contributed to aircraft wing being severed by a power pole on a swath run.

As the FAA filed it

SUN GLARE AND DIRTY WINDSHIELD CONTRIBUTED TO AIRCRAFT WING BEING SEVERED BY A POWER POLE ON A SWATH RUN.

NTSB investigation

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