# NTSB LAX69F0074: Piper PA-25, N7412Z, San Luis Rey, CA, July 31, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 31, 1968
- Place: San Luis Rey, CA · SAN LUIS REY, CA
- Location: 33.2320° N, 117.3236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Luis Rey, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2320&lon=-117.3236&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 10, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109381
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69F0074
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69F0074

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2623  68/7/31    SAN LUIS REY,CAL    PIPER PA-25         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1360
        TIME - 0730                    N7412Z              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 260 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANSIDE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - BEANS                                     TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED                             CRASH BAR - INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  30                  SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK PHONE WIRE UNDER POWER CABLES, AND CRASHED ON FLAG WOMAN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7412Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7412Z-2019-08-05), registration cancelled 2019-08-05, S/N 25-3379, built 1965 (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)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Oceanside

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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