19881018046939A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Brawley, CA · October 18, 1988

Date
October 18, 1988 · 12:15 local
Place
Brawley, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
LWRG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N57591
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX89DUM02
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Reported engine
Lycoming IO720A1B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,229 total1,361 in this make and model297 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Impacted powerlines while trying to fly under them on a spray run. Aircraft crashed and burned.

As the FAA filed it

IMPACTED POWERLINES WHILE TRYING TO FLY UNDER THEM ON A SPRAY RUN. AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED.

NTSB investigation

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