ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147360
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 02-AUG-2012 |
| Time: | 10:35 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-260 Pawnee D |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6802L |
| C/n / msn: | 25-7405659 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Alexander woods, off Brookville Road, Alexander, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
A crop duster pilot escaped injury Thursday morning 2 August 2012 after his plane crashed in some woods off Brookville Road, Alexander, New York.
The pilot/owner was spraying insecticide about 10:35 a.m. when he came upon some power lines unexpectedly.
The plane, a 1974 Piper Pawnee D Spray Plane, struck the ground and skipped. It then climbed briefly before losing lift, and dropping into a dried-up swamp in some woods, about 75 yards west of the road.
The single-engine Piper’s wings crumpled and were torn apart in the crash. The two-blade propeller was bent, but the cockpit area remained intact.
Sources:
http://thedailynewsonline.com/news/article_7746514e-dcb0-11e1-8d99-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/genesee/crop-dusting-plane-crashes-hits-trees
http://rochester.ynn.com/content/top_stories/593811/crop-duster-crashes-in-genesee-county/
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/07_6802L.txt
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6802L
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2012 00:27 | gerard57 | Added |
| 03-Aug-2012 09:06 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2012 09:48 | FLYINGBROTHER1 | Updated [Time] |
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