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FTW85LA340

1985-08-30 · PALO PINTO, Texas, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N3255X has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC P2 ZIP), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT WAS REPORTED BY WITNESSES TO HAVE BEEN FLYING VERY LOW OVER A LAKE JUST PRIOR TO ACCIDENT. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH PWR LINES AFTER PASSING OVER A DAM AND WAS DESTROYED ON GROUND IMPACT. THE PLT REPORTED A LOSS PWR WAS EXPERIENCED.THE ENG WAS TEST RUN WITH NO INDICATION OF A PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION FOUND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_FTW85LA340.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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