# Accident 19910902037619A: Piper PA25235, Bainbridge, GA, September 2, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1991, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bainbridge, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JRHA
- Location: 30.9049° N, 84.5730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bainbridge, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9049&lon=-84.5730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4393Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4393Y-1993-12-07) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 5 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL91LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910902037619A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES,CRASHED AND BURNED WHILE PRACTICE SPRAYING A FIELD WITH WATER.

## 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 ATL91LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA168), Sep 2, 1991: Piper PA-25-235C (N4393Y), Bainbridge, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE FROM OBJECTS WHILE PRACTICING AERIAL APPLICATION PROCEDURES.

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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