Piper J-5 N31145

20 August 1975 · Hanford, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 August 1975 at about 16:45 local time, a Piper J-5 registered N31145, operated by Western Spray, was involved in an accident during in flight near Hanford, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 August 1975 at 16:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Hanford, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper J-5
Registration: N31145
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Western Spray
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Tulare, Ca → Caruthers, Ca
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2225

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

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

EXH PIPE FAILED IN FLT. ACFT CAUGHT FIRE. PLT LND OK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2225, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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