19850512036729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Oswego, KS · May 12, 1985

Date
May 12, 1985 · 06:45 local
Place
Oswego, KS
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4527Y
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,316 total2,500 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Attempted takeoff with dew on windshield. Wing became entangled in corn and directional control was lost.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF WITH DEW ON WINDSHIELD. WING BECAME ENTANGLED IN CORN AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST.