# Incident 20140610009089I: Piper PA-25-235, Lakeview, MI, June 10, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2014, 08:00 local time
- Place: Lakeview, MI
- Airport: Lakeview-Griffith Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 9SNG
- Location: 43.4522° N, 85.2646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEVIEW/GRIFFITH FLD (13C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4522&lon=-85.2646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9540P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9540P) (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 PA-25-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140610009089I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 10, 2014 AT 0800 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-25-235 AIRPLANE, N9540P SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER AN OFF AIRPORT HARD LANDING IN A AGRICULTURAL FIELD. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS FOLDED TOWARD THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PROPELLOR TIPS WERE CURVED AT THE OUTERMOST TIPS. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO  AND OPERATED BY THEODORE SIMMONS, WHO OWNS STEVENSON AERIAL SPRAYING.

THE INCIDENT FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 137 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  DAY VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE AGRICULTURAL SPRAY FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED LAKEVIEW-GRIFFITH AIRPORT (13C) AT ABOUT 0800 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), FOR THE DAYS 2ND. SPRAY RUN.

THE PILOT STATED DURING DEPARTURE CLIMBOUT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT COULD NO LONGER CLIMB.  THE PILOT JETTISONED THE LOAD OF FUNGICIDE AND LANDED  HARD IN A FARM FIELD LOCATED APROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE SOUTHEAST OF AND OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 09.

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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