# Accident 19910817034769A: Piper PA25150, Seagraves, TX, August 17, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1991, 16:30 local time
- Place: Seagraves, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MKZG
- Location: 32.9397° N, 102.5608° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9397&lon=-102.5608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6261Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6261Z-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25150
- Reported engine: LYC O360C2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 350 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN91LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910817034769A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLIGHT OF TWO SPRAYERS. FLEW INTO LEAD AIRCRAFT WAKE DURING A TURN AROUND. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN91LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91LA117), Aug 17, 1991: Piper PA-25-150 (N6261Z), Seagraves, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER INFLIGHT PLANNING WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE TO WAKE TURBULENCE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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