# Accident 19980615013609A: Piper PA25235, Blackfoot, ID, June 15, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1998, 07:45 local time
- Place: Blackfoot, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: JRDG
- Location: 43.2703° N, 112.5601° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2703&lon=-112.5601&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8553L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8553L-2000-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,200 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980615013609A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. DROPPED LOAD. LANDED ON HIGHWAY SHOULDER. HARD LANDING. RESULTED IN FLIP OVER AND FIRE. (-23)AG AICRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF APPROXIMATELY 200'-300' AGL.  PILOT JETTISONED CHEMICAL LOAD AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING JUST SHORT OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I-15.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING AND FLIP UPSIDE DOWN.  AIRCRAFT BURNED AND WAS DESTROYED.  MINOR INJURY TO PILOT. CAUSE OF LOSS OF ENGINE POWER REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (.4)THE PILOT OF THE AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE REPORTED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN AND TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF, ABOUT 250 FEET ABOVE GROUND. HE STATED THAT HE DUMPED HIS FERTILIZER LOAD, AND ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER TO A NEARBY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING, BUT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY COLLISION WITH TERRAIN AND POST-CRASH FIRE.  THE REASON FOR THE LOSS OF POWER WAS NOT DETERMINED.

## 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 SEA98LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA097), Jun 15, 1998: Piper PA-25-235 (N8553L), Blackfoot, ID, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N8553L (1)

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

- [Accident 19810710048889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810710048889A), Jul 10, 1981: Piper PA25235 (N8553L), Shelley, ID, Substantial damage. Struck telephone wires on pull up from a swath run. Crashed in adjacent field.

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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