- Date
- July 15, 1985, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Thistle, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7614ZPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850715031619A
- Case key
- 16725
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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.
Analysis
The plt had just completed an aerial spray mission and was flying through a canyon when the acft collided with pwr lines. Control of the acft was lost and it contacted the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7614Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-3723
- Airframe hours
- 5,538
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Thomas Boyd Woodhouse
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1984
- Departed
- 44U · Salina, UT
- Destination
- U77 · Spanish Forks, UT
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 13,500 total · 12,000 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7614Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.