- Date
- June 15, 1983, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Puxico, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4813YPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830615025939A
- Case key
- 33422
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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
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Analysis
The plt stated that while trimming a rice field he was watching his drift & when he looked forward he saw the transmission line but was too close to avoid the lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4813Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-4596
- Airframe hours
- 3,253
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Junior Alsup Flying Ser., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1983 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- Puxico, MO
- Destination
- Bernie, MO
N4813YRegistration cancelled Dec 13, 2012 · 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,455 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 1,408 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.