# Accident 20060412007219A: Piper PA25235, Smith Center, KS, April 12, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2006, 11:42 local time
- Place: Smith Center, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: JXIG
- Location: 39.7611° N, 98.7936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7611&lon=-98.7936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9886P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9886P-2006-12-21) (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 O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 525 total, 2 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06LA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060412007219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SMITH CENTER, KS (K82), AND BEGAN CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS 9 MILES EAST OF THE AIRPORT. AFTER MAKING TWO SPRAYING PASSES AND HAVING DIFFICULTY MANEUVERING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT DISCONTINUED THE AERIAL APPLICATION AND PROCEEDED BACK TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN 8 MILES EAST OF K82. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 DEN06LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06LA061), Apr 12, 2006: Piper PA-25-235 (N9886P), Smith Center, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush, and subsequent impact with the field and fence. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's…

## Other reports on N9886P (2)

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

- [Accident 20050528011129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050528011129A), May 28, 2005: Piper PA25235 (N9886P), Paola, KS, Minor damage. (-23) On may 28, 2005, at approximately 11:15 am, the pilot [privacy data omitted] as PIC of N6366Y, a Cessna CE-210, was rolling out after landing on runway…
- [Incident 19890626047399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890626047399I), Jun 26, 1989: Piper PA25235 (N9886P), Agra, KS, Minor damage. Flew under powerlines while aerial spraying. Vertical stabilizer struck and broke line.

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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