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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA25235 · Lenox, IA · May 29, 1986

Date
May 29, 1986 · 14:30 local
Place
Lenox, IA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7029Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC86FCD01
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1

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.

Struck fence on full load takeoff, fire erupted. Tried dump load. Got flap handle by mistake. Tall grass on runway.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK FENCE ON FULL LOAD TAKEOFF, FIRE ERUPTED. TRIED DUMP LOAD. GOT FLAP HANDLE BY MISTAKE. TALL GRASS ON RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.