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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Bison, SD · June 4, 2006

Date
June 4, 2006 · 20:30 local
Place
Bison, SD
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
MPGG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7785Z
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B2B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total5,000 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) At about 2030 MDT, the pilot was conducting aerial application work when the engine stopped suddenly. Pilot made off airport landing. Right landing gear collapsed and the pilot who was not injured walked about 1 mi to the nearest ranch house and notified the county sheriff.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT ABOUT 2030 MDT, THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION WORK WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED SUDDENLY. PILOT MADE OFF AIRPORT LANDING. RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PILOT WHO WAS NOT INJURED WALKED ABOUT 1 MI TO THE NEAREST RANCH HOUSE AND NOTIFIED THE COUNTY SHERIFF.