Accident Piper PA-25-235 N9624P, Thursday 25 July 1996

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Date:	Thursday 25 July 1996
Time:	10:30 LT
Type:	Piper PA-25-235
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N9624P
MSN:	25-7405790
Year of manufacture:	1974
Total airframe hrs:	1200 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-540
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cornelius, OR - United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Hillsboro, OR (KHIO)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot was spraying a field near the departure airport. On the first run, he pulled up over powerlines at the end of the field, due to a car that was passing by. During the second spray run, the airplane hit a transmission cable near the end of the field and crashed. The pilot reported that he was not aware that the cable was there until just before impact.

Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight planning, and his failure to see-and-avoid the obstruction (inadequate visual lookout). The transmission wire was a related factor.

Accident investigation: