19930521042769A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25 · Essex, IA · May 21, 1993

Date
May 21, 1993 · 10:45 local
Place
Essex, IA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
PPMG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6453Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI93DCD02
Reported as
Piper PA25
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total

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.

Right wing folded en route spray run, impacted inverted and burned. Attach fittings broke.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT WING FOLDED EN ROUTE SPRAY RUN, IMPACTED INVERTED AND BURNED. ATTACH FITTINGS BROKE.

NTSB investigation

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