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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Boonville, MO · July 9, 2013

Date
July 9, 2013 · 09:00 local
Place
Boonville, MO
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
K5KG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7064Z
Reported as
Piper PA-25-235
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,921 total1,107 in this make and model305 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.

In conjuction with agriculture spraying operations, the pilot made an attempt to land on a gravel road. During touchdown and rollout, the left wing contacted the corn crop beside the road causing the aircraft to swerve into the corn field damaging both wings and the empennage.

As the FAA filed it

IN CONJUCTION WITH AGRICULTURE SPRAYING OPERATIONS, THE PILOT MADE AN ATTEMPT TO LAND ON A GRAVEL ROAD. DURING TOUCHDOWN AND ROLLOUT, THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE CORN CROP BESIDE THE ROAD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE INTO THE CORN FIELD DAMAGING BOTH WINGS AND THE EMPENNAGE.