Piper PA-18-150 N4379Z

Summary

On 7 April 1985 at about 19:14 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N4379Z was involved in an accident near Sunnyside, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 April 1985 at 19:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Sunnyside, Washington, United States

Coordinates

46.4408, -119.9108

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N4379Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Prosser → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA85FA086

1 person died.

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 ACFT CRASHED AFTER COLLIDING WITH ELECTRICAL POWER LINES NEAR AN OPEN FIELD. INITIAL IMPACT WITH THE POWER LINES OCCURRED WHERE THE WIRES WERE ROUTED OVER A DRAW BETWEEN 2 RIDGES. THE ACFT CAME TO REST INVERTED BETWEEN THE POWER LINES & THE OPEN FIELD. THE ACFT WAS RELATIVELY INTACT WITH EXTENSIVE GROUND IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING & COMPRESSION & TWISTING TO THE REAR FUSELAGE. THERE WAS HEAVY SCRAPE MARKS ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THE PROP SHOWED NO ROTATIONAL MARKS OR DAMAGE. THE LEFT FUEL CAP WAS OFF & SOME FUEL WAS REMAINING IN THE REAR CORNER. THE RIGHT FUEL CAP WAS IN PLACE. THE CARB HEAT CONTROL WAS WEDGED IN THE ON/HOT POSITION. THE CONNECTING WIRES TO THE STARTER SWITCH WERE FOUND CORRODED AT THE ATTACH SCREWS, THEY WERE PARTLY SEPARATED & THE CASE WAS BROKEN. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS VERIFIED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.