# NTSB MIA71FKQ15: Piper PA-25, N7508Z, Carpenter, MS, September 21, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 21, 1970
- Place: Carpenter, MS · CARPENTER, MS
- Location: 32.0340° N, 90.6804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carpenter, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0340&lon=-90.6804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 1, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158557
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71FKQ15
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71FKQ15

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3837  70/9/21    CARPENTER,MISS      PIPER PA-25         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1000
        TIME - 1345                    N7508Z              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CARPENTER,MISS              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID)
          KIND OF CROP - COTTON                                    TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - NOT USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED                         CRASH BAR - INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  100                 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- HIT TOP WIRE OF PWR LINES. FLD WELL KNOWN TO PLT. OBS STATED PLT LOOKED UNCONSCIOUS AFTER WIRE HIT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7508Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7508Z-1970-10-21), registration cancelled 1970-10-21, S/N 25-3542 (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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