- Date
- August 17, 1982, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Scotland Neck, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9780PPiper PA-25-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820817039399A
- Case key
- 72576
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - inadequateCause
Analysis
During the fourth swath run the acft struck a 60-foot tree approximately 5 ft from the top.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9780P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-7556068
- Airframe hours
- 1,210
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Robt. Bell
- Registered owner
- Robt. Bell
- Departed
- Scotland Neck, NC
- Destination
- Scotland Neck, NC
N9780PRegistered now · Piper PA-25-260Airframe modelPiper PA-25-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 150 in this make and model · 78 as pilot in command · 192 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.