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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Callao, VA · May 6, 1995

Date: May 6, 1995 · 06:45 local
Place: Callao, VA
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: GZLG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9819P
Reported as: Piper PA25235
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total100 in the last 90 days

N9819PRegistered now · Piper PA-25-235S/N 25-7556136 · Built 1975 Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot crabbe was finishing spraying a field outside the town of Callao, VA, when the airplane he was flying hit a telephone pole support wire, causing minor damage to the left wing and left strut. The telephone support wire was not damaged, and the aircraft flew back to the private airport of departure and landed without further incident. The pilot was counselled. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT CRABBE WAS FINISHING SPRAYING A FIELD OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF CALLAO, VA, WHEN THE AIRPLANE HE WAS FLYING HIT A TELEPHONE POLE SUPPORT WIRE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND LEFT STRUT. THE TELEPHONE SUPPORT WIRE WAS NOT DAMAGED, AND THE AIRCRAFT FLEW BACK TO THE PRIVATE AIRPORT OF DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELLED. INCIDENT CLOSED.