Piper PA-25-235 N8520L

Summary

On 15 October 1982 at about 23:35 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N8520L, operated by C&F Flying Service, was involved in an accident near Sicily Island, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 October 1982 at 23:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Sicily Island, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

31.8400, -91.6501

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N8520L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

C&F Flying Service

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wisner → Wisner

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW83LA018

Nobody was injured.

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT ON HIS LAST SWATH RUN THE LEFT OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE WING COLLIDED WITH A LIGHT POLE AND SEPARATED JAMMING THE AILERON. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND CRASHED IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELEDAND BROKE UP BEFORE COMING TO REST. THE AIRCRAFTS WINDSHIELD WAS COATED WITH SPRAY AND THE SUN ANGLE CREATED A GLARE WHICH INTERFERED WITH THE PILOTS ABILITY TO SEE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.