# Accident 19850810040529A: Piper PA25235, Palisade, NE, August 10, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1985, 13:12 local time
- Place: Palisade, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.3433° N, 101.1137° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3433&lon=-101.1137&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8941L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8941L-1990-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,175 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC85FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850810040529A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES DURING SPRAY RUN. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND AND BURNED.

## 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 MKC85FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA179), Aug 10, 1985: Piper PA-25-235 (N8941L), Palisade, NE, destroyed

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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