# Incident 20170101000659I: Piper PA-25, Arcadia, FL, January 1, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2017, 15:00 local time
- Place: Arcadia, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 344G
- Location: 27.2212° N, 81.8584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arcadia, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2212&lon=-81.8584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6106Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6106Z-2022-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 16 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170101000659I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 01, 2017 AT APPROXIMATED 15:00 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER , PA-25 AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SECONDARY POWER LINE ON THE FIELD NEAR ARCADIA AIRPORT, FL. THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE WHILE THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING CROP SPRAYING AND ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK A POWER LINE WIRE ABOUT 30 FT HIGH AS HE PULLED UP OUT OF THE FIELD.

## Other reports on N6106Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20200923009399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200923009399A), Sep 23, 2020: Piper PA-25 (N6106Z), Floral City, FL, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. An aircraft operated by consolidated ag pilot services, LLC was providing aerial application services by spraying pesticides in hay fields 2.2 miles south of…

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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