19860813040039A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Melrose, OH · August 13, 1986

Date
August 13, 1986 · 20:35 local
Place
Melrose, OH
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4454Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL86FEK05
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B2B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,528 total10,028 in this make and model100 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.

Struck a road sign during a pull up from a spray run. Sign perpendicular to line of flight. Aircraft cartwheeled.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A ROAD SIGN DURING A PULL UP FROM A SPRAY RUN. SIGN PERPENDICULAR TO LINE OF FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED.

NTSB investigation

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