Piper PA-25 N8689L

25 August 1981 · Fort Valley, Georgia, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 25 August 1981 at about 19:50 local time, a Piper PA-25 registered N8689L, operated by King and Tenni, was involved in an accident during in flight near Fort Valley, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 August 1981 at 19:50
Classification: Accident
Location: Fort Valley, Georgia, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-25
Registration: N8689L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: King and Tenni
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-1885

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

RGT WING HIT GUYWIRE SUPPORTING POLE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB 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 3-1885, 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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