# Incident 19990328018549I: Piper PA25235, Tulare, CA, March 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1999, 08:35 local time
- Place: Tulare, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.2002° N, 119.3361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulare, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2002&lon=-119.3361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71057, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71057-2017-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 95 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990328018549I

## Narrative

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

(-5) WHEN APPLYING CHEMICAL THE PILOT DID NOT CLIMB RAPIDLY ENOUGH TO CLEAR POWER LINES THAT HE KNEW WERE THERE. A CRASH LANDING ENSUED THAT CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR BOLTS TO BE SHEARED. THERE WAS ALSO MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR ANYONE ON THE GROUND. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

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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