# NTSB FTW71FPG10: Piper PA-25, N4930Y, Heth, AR, August 8, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 8, 1970
- Place: Heth, AR · HETH, AR
- Location: 35.0776° N, 90.4951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Heth, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0776&lon=-90.4951&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 12, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192152
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW71FPG10
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW71FPG10

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3546   70/8/8    HETH,ARK            PIPER PA-25         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1825                    N4930Y              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   AGE 28, 2500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENWOOD STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HETH,ARK                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -  675                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - COTTON                                    TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED                             CRASH BAR - INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  210
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- HIT LONE TREE IN OPEN FLD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4930Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4930Y-1972-02-04), registration cancelled 1972-02-04, S/N 25-4703 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (registry code 7102504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Greenwood Strip

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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