19890523012709A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-300 · Agar, SD · May 23, 1989

Date
May 23, 1989 · 07:45 local
Place
Agar, SD
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
BDFG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N82644
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN89DTK01
Reported as
Piper PA36300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1F5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
12,500 total50 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 wires and power pole on a procedure turn from a smoke run. Aircraft cartwheeled and destroyed. Pilot expired

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES AND POWER POLE ON A PROCEDURE TURN FROM A SMOKE RUN. AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED AND DESTROYED. PILOT EXPIRED

NTSB investigation

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