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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA25235 · Bonifay, FL · July 20, 1984

Date
July 20, 1984 · 10:31 local
Place
Bonifay, FL
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9860P
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA84LA205
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B2B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total2,000 in this make and model120 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.

Control stick came loose during low level swath run causing crash. Bolt securing stick corroded causing failure.

As the FAA filed it

CONTROL STICK CAME LOOSE DURING LOW LEVEL SWATH RUN CAUSING CRASH. BOLT SECURING STICK CORRODED CAUSING FAILURE.

NTSB investigation

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