# Accident 19940719018869A: Piper PA25235, Tribune, KS, July 19, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1994, 07:30 local time
- Place: Tribune, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NEOG
- Location: 38.4699° N, 101.7491° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4699&lon=-101.7491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6580Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6580Z-2018-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940719018869A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TALL CORN WHILE TURNING ON SPRAY VALVE TO BEGIN SPRAY RUN. FLAMED DUST DEVIL AND OR DOWNDRAFT.

## 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 CHI94LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA233), Jul 19, 1994: Piper PA-25-235 (N6580Z), Tribune, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain clearance above the corn crop during the swath run.

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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