# Accident 20090625009639A: Piper PA25235, Preston, ID, June 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2009, 15:53 local time
- Place: Preston, ID
- Airport: Preston
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: SQVG
- Location: 42.1069° N, 111.9126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRESTON (U10), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1069&lon=-111.9126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8600L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8600L-2013-07-09) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 105 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090625009639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 27, 2009 CRAIG BIGGS, THE PILOT OF N8600L WAS RETURNING TO THE PRESTON, ID AIRPORT FOR HIS SECOND LOAD OF CHEMICAL OF THE DAY WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT ON A BASE TO FINAL LANDING RUNWAY 03.  THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD THAT HAD BEEN FLOODED WITH WATER, UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND SLIDE ON ITS ENGINE COWLING SEVERAL YARDS WHERE IT IMPACTED A DITCH CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIPOVER ON TO ITS TOP.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N8600L (2)

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

- [Accident 20070825018219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070825018219A), Aug 25, 2007: Piper PA25235 (N8600L), Soda Springs, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) During an aerial application operation, the pilot experienced power loss (due to fuel exhaustion) over a reservoir at less than 200 feet AGL. He then…
- [Accident 19740727038079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740727038079A), Jul 27, 1974: Piper PA25235 (N8600L), Moorhead, MN, Substantial damage. Stalled acft drg r turn to final.

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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