Piper PA-25-235 N8941L

Summary

On 10 August 1985 at about 18:12 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N8941L was involved in an accident near Palisade, Nebraska, 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.

Date

10 August 1985 at 18:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Palisade, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

40.3433, -101.1138

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N8941L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Palisade → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85FA179

1 person was seriously 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

WHILE ON A SWATH RUN OVER A CORNFIELD, THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER UNDER POWER LINES THAT WERE SPANNING A LARGE DITCH. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK ONE OF THE THREE LOWER CABLES WHICH CUT INTO THE WING STRUCTURE. THE CABLE FINALLY SEPARATED RELEASING THE ACFT. THE ACFT BEGAN TO ROLL INVERTED & IMPACTED THE GROUND WITH THE LEFT WING FOLLOWED BY THE FUSELAGE. THE IMPACT & ENSUING FIRE DESTROYED THE ACFT. THE PLT DID NOT REMEMBER ESCAPING FROM THE BURNING ACFT. THE LOWER SET OF CABLES WERE LEVEL WITH THE DITCH RIM & WERE VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE WHILE IN FLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.