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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA25235 · Toston, MT · June 18, 1986

Date
June 18, 1986 · 08:30 local
Place
Toston, MT
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82539
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN86LA164
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540G1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,329 total2,000 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

While turning, aircraft started to settle. Pilot dumped load but was unable to recover. High density altitude.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TURNING, AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SETTLE. PILOT DUMPED LOAD BUT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER. HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE.

NTSB investigation

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