# NTSB MIA70F0180: Piper PA-25, N6952Z, Waynesboro, GA, June 28, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 28, 1969
- Place: Waynesboro, GA · WAYNESBORO, GA
- Location: 33.0913° N, 82.0143° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waynesboro, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0913&lon=-82.0143&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 13, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172492
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70F0180
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70F0180

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3013  69/6/28    WAYNESBORO,GA       PIPER PA-25         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 310
        TIME - 0930                    N6952Z              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WAYNESBORO,GA               WAYNESBORO,GA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -   15                       KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - OTHER                                     TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED                         CRASH BAR - INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  140                 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
          PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- DUSTING PEANUTS. L WING HIT GROUND,ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN HITTING HIGH LINE AND TREES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6952Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6952Z-1971-02-05), registration cancelled 1971-02-05, S/N 25-2697, built 1964 (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

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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