# Incident 20160715009099I: Piper PA-25-235, Wentworth, MO, July 15, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2016, 20:02 local time
- Place: Wentworth, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.9932° N, 94.0755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wentworth, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9932&lon=-94.0755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4467Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4467Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 323 total, 32 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160715009099I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS PERFORMING PRACTICE AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION USING WATER IN LIEU OF CHEMICALS OVER AN EMPTY FIELD. AFTER COMPLETING SEVERAL PASSES, THE PILOT STATED HE "CLIPPED" THE TOP TWO WIRES OF THE POWER LINES AT THE SOUTH END OF THE FIELD. THE FIRST POWER LINE WAS CUT ON CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND THE SECOND POWER LINE WRAPPED AROUND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IMMEDIATELY AFTER STRIKING THE POWER LINES. ON ROLLOUT OF A CONTROLLED LANDING, THE POWER LINE WRAPPED AROUND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BECAME TIGHT AND SNAPPED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE BRIEFLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 250 FT. AND THEN LANDED ON HIS LEFT MAIN GEAR AND RIGHT WING TIP. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS THE FIELD UNTIL IT STRUCK A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND CAME TO REST JUST BEYOND THE FENCE IMPACT POINT.

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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