# Incident 19950404015719I: Piper PA25235, Ashland, KS, April 4, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1995, 18:43 local time
- Place: Ashland, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NMPG
- Location: 37.1867° N, 99.7697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashland, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1867&lon=-99.7697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4923Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4923Y) (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 O540B2B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950404015719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT COMPLETED SPRAYING A FIELD LOCATED FOUR MILES SOUTH AND ONE MILE WEST OF ASHLAND, KS. WAS RETURNING TO LAVERNE, OK WHEN ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND LOST POWER, OIL WAS COMING FROM ENGINE COWLING. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PASTURE. DURING LANDING LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. ENGINE WAS SENT TO OVERHAULER, PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES AN EXHAUST VALVE STUCK AND A CRACKED CASE AT LIFTER BODY HOUSING.

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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