# Accident 19940802024389A: Piper PA25, Decatur, NE, August 2, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1994, 18:45 local time
- Place: Decatur, NE
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0008° N, 96.2491° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0008&lon=-96.2491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6440Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6440Z-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 496 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94FA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94FA263) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940802024389A

## Narrative

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

STALLED ON CLIMBOUT. IMPACTED AND BURNED. NO POWER ON IMPACT. NO ANOMALIES MARIJUANA HERBICIDE AND DRUGS IN PILOT.

## 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 CHI94FA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94FA263), Aug 2, 1994: Piper PA-25 (N6440Z), Decatur, NE, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON, AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL.

## Other reports on N6440Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19820806046479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820806046479I), Aug 6, 1982: Piper PA25235 (N6440Z), Hoxie, KS, Minor damage. Ground fog formed while spraying. Elected to land in farm field. Soft ground collapsed gear.

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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