# Accident 19920710024979A: Piper PA25235, Badger, MN, July 10, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1992, 08:00 local time
- Place: Badger, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KLDG
- Location: 48.7695° N, 96.0203° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7695&lon=-96.0203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4704Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4704Y-1993-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 710 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI92DER02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92DER02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920710024979A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR DURING LOW LEVEL STEEP TURN TO SPRAY A CORNER. IMPACTED LEVEL. FIRE ERUPTED TOTALED AIRCRAFT

## 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 CHI92DER02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92DER02), Jul 10, 1992: Piper PA-25-235 (N4704Y), Badger, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL WHILE MANEUVERING AT LOW ALTITUDE IN GUSTY WINDS.

## Other reports on N4704Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19760717020149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760717020149A), Jul 17, 1976: Piper PA25235 (N4704Y), Gilbert, LA, Destroyed

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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