# Incident 19960714025059I: Piper PA25235, Warner, SD, July 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1996, 18:10 local time
- Place: Warner, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: THVG
- Location: 45.3252° N, 98.4952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Warner, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3252&lon=-98.4952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7114Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7114Z) (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 O540A1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960714025059I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS SPRAYING A MILLET FIELD. EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS ON LAST PASS. MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A CORN FIELD. PILOT SUSPECTED WATER IN FUEL. PLANE HAD SAT OUTSIDE ALL DAY DURING RAIN SHOWERS. HE STATED THAT HE HAD STARTED THE ENGINE, THEN REMEMBERED HE HADN'T SUMPED THE FUEL STRAINER. HE THEN SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, GOT OUT AND DRAINED "A COUPLE SHOTS" OF FUEL FROM THE STRAINER ONTO THE GROUND, NOT INTO A CUP. 110 HOURS ON RE-MAN ENGINE.

## Other reports on N7114Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19730605012959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730605012959A), Jun 5, 1973: Piper PA25235 (N7114Z), Stamford, NE, Destroyed. Drg pull up from last run tailwheel hit top wire.10HRS recorded in last 24HR period. Spraying milo.

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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