- Date
- November 20, 1982, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Waco, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6839LPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821120060669A
- Case key
- 72935
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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
Visual lookout - poorCause
Altitude - inattentiveCause
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Forced landing
Analysis
During the second swath run the pilot struck a power wire located in a tree line. The aircraft crashed in a OAT field and was destroyed by ground fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6839L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25745576
- Airframe hours
- 149
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2L5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- John H. Murphy
- Registered owner
- John H. Murphy
- Departed
- Waco, TX
- Destination
- Waco, TX
N6839LRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 155° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.