# Accident 20150511013279A: Piper PA-25-235, Omega, OK, May 11, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2015, 19:30 local time
- Place: Omega, OK
- Airport: Watonga
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 2CRG
- Location: 35.8703° N, 98.1978° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8703&lon=-98.1978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7279Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7279Z-2018-09-15) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 900 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150511013279A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 10, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1950 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME (CST) AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE BY PILOT  WHILE PERFORMING AERIAL AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS IN AIRCRAFT N7279Z.

SUMMARY: PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT N7279Z ON COUNTY ROAD E 830, WHICH WAS 2/10TH-OF A MILE EAST OF COUNTY ROAD N. 2680 IN OMEGA OK (73764).   THE COLLISION LOCATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 11.2 MILES EAST AND 2.0 MILES SOUTH FROM WATONGA, OK (73772). THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER, THAT HE WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, CAUSING THE PILOT TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE COUNTY ROAD. PILOT  SAID AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED/TOUCHING DOWN ON THE ROAD, THE AIRCRAFT?S LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A FENCE POST WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND TRAVEL OFF OF THE ROADWAY.

ON SITE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY TROOPER DETAILS THE PIPER PA-25-235, SERIAL NUMBER 25-3219 LEFT WING TIP SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING MAIN SPAR.

ON MAY 20, 2015 THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED BY AIR SALVAGE OF DALLAS (ASOD) AND NTSB INVESTIGATOR, HAS AUTHORIZED ASOD TO PERFORM AN ENGINE RUN, TO DETERMINE AIRWORTHINESS OF THE ENGINE.

ON MAY 27, 2015, DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT DESCRIBED HIS FIRST INDICATION OF THE PROBLEM WAS AFTER THE LAST PAST/SPRAYING THROUGH THE FIELD HE, THE PILOT SAW THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE READING RAPIDLY RISE TO 260 DEGREE-REDLINED. THE PILOT STATED AFTER COMPLETING AN AG-TURN THE AIRCRAFT?S MOTOR GOT HOT. THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 GALLONS. THE ENGINE RAN ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND, ALTHOUGH IT RAN AT HALF POWER.  THE PILOT?S RESPONSE TO THE EMERGENCY WAS TO PLACE THE FUEL MIX TO FULL RICH, CHECKED THE MAGNETOS-IN THE ON-POSITION AND LOOK FOR A SAFE PLACE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN15LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA238), May 11, 2015: Piper PA-25-235 (N7279Z), Omega, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: Improper base metal preparation or contamination of the No. 5 cylinder wall before it was coated, which resulted in the coating peeling off of the cylinder wall and contaminating the engine oil and…

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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