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| Date: | Saturday 3 July 1965 |
| Time: | 07:10 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25 |
| Owner/operator: | Bill Ambrose |
| Registration: | N6492Z |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Goodyear AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
From pilot: owned and operated by Bill Ambrose. Flown by Don Rooks. Hit power line on end of cotton field. Airplane would not climb on the west end of field. Hit power line rather than take a chance on killing flagger, Bill Ambrose who was on west end of field. South of Goodyear Naval Airfield, Arizona.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2021 08:34 | D | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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