- Date
- July 20, 1987, 20:30 local (Jul 21, 1987, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fargo, ND
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9750PPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870720043979A
- Case key
- 17275
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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 was spraying a field with orthine, used to exterminate grasshoppers. The plt said he was making his last pass at the field and was flying into a setting sun. He said he did not see the powerline. The acft struck the powerline and the plt made a crash landing in an adjacent field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9750P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-7556017
- Airframe hours
- 1,265
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Grain Sprayers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 27, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 5N8 · Casselton, ND
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,198 total · 56 in this make and model · 1,060 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR, 5 nm away
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 N9750P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.