Piper PA-25-235 N4709Y

Summary

On 4 May 1983 at about 15:10 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N4709Y was involved in an accident near Healdsburg, California, 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

4 May 1983 at 15:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Healdsburg, California, United States

Coordinates

38.6291, -122.8897

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N4709Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Healdsburg → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA213

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

BEFORE STARTING HIS DUSTING OPERATION, THE PLT HAD OBSERVED THE GRAPE VINEYARD & MADE PLANS TO BEGIN ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. HE REPORTED OBSERVING THE POWER LINES THAT WERE SUSPENDED ACROSS THE VINEYARD. HOWEVER, HE DID NOT NOTICE THE ANCHOR WIRE THAT WAS LOCATED BENEATH THE POWER LINES. THE WIRE EXTENDED APRX 600 FT FROM A TOWER ON A HILL TO A POLE IN THE VINEYARD. DURING A SWATH RUN UNDER THE POWER LINES, THE ACFT STRUCK THE ANCHOR WIRE, THEN CRASHED & BURNED. THE PLT BELIEVED THAT THE FIRE BEGAN WHEN SULFER DUST SPILLED ONTO THE ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.