Accident Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee N4538Y, Thursday 11 September 1969
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Date:Thursday 11 September 1969
Time:16:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee
Owner/operator:Al Paudert Dus
Registration: N4538Y
MSN: 25-4184
Year of manufacture:1967
Engine model:Lycoming O-540
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Hughes, AR -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
tailwheel caught two wires of second row of wires.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: FTW70F0215
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 7 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

Revision history:

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25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added

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