Piper PA-25C N8686L

5 July 1978 · Minot, North Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 July 1978 at about 20:40 local time, a Piper PA-25C registered N8686L, operated by Aero Flighi In, was involved in an accident during in flight near Minot, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 July 1978 at 20:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Minot, North Dakota, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-25C
Registration: N8686L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Aero Flighi In
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1210

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1210, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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