19870720043979A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Fargo, ND · July 20, 1987

Date
July 20, 1987 · 20:30 local
Place
Fargo, ND
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
LMPG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9750P
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN87LA190
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B2B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,198 total56 in this make and model135 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.

The agricultural spray plane struck wires during a spay run. The pilots vision was obscured by the setting sun.

As the FAA filed it

THE AGRICULTURAL SPRAY PLANE STRUCK WIRES DURING A SPAY RUN. THE PILOTS VISION WAS OBSCURED BY THE SETTING SUN.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N9750P · 1

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