- Date
- April 16, 1978
- Place
- Nachez, MS · NACHEZ, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4350XPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780416007539A
- Case key
- 142428
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1122 78/4/16 NR.NACHEZ,MS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 131 TIME - 1230 N4350X PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NACHEZ,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- CRASHED INTO POWER LINES WHILE SURVEYING FARM FIELDS FOR EQUIPMENT AND STANDING WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4350X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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