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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Spearfish, SD · June 4, 1987

Date
June 4, 1987 · 20:45 local
Place
Spearfish, SD
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
MCHG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7051Z
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B2B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total600 in this make and model1 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.

Engine failed during return to base after spray operation. Fuel was exhausted.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED DURING RETURN TO BASE AFTER SPRAY OPERATION. FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED.

Other reports on N7051Z · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.