# Incident 20180530013699I: Piper PA-25-235, Mccook, NE, May 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2018, 09:00 local time
- Place: Mccook, NE
- Airport: Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RIYG
- Location: 40.2063° N, 100.5921° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC COOK BEN NELSON RGNL (MCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2063&lon=-100.5921&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7373Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7373Z) (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: 546 total, 70 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180530013699I

## Narrative

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

MAY 30, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 0900CDT N7373Z PIPER PA-25-235 (S/N: 25-3329) WAS RETURNING TO MCCOOK BEN NELSON REGIONAL AIRPORT (MCK) AFTER CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS. WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS CLEAR, APPROXIMATELY 75°F, WITH WIND GUSTS OF 9 MPH (WEST). THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET AGL TRAVELING SOUTHWEST TOWARDS MCK. THE PILOT STATES APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES FROM MCK THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST THE THROTTLE WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. THE PILOT IDENTIFIED A FIELD TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AND BEGAN HIS APPROACH. DURING LANDING THE TAIL LANDING GEAR BOUNCED OFF THE TERRAIN CAUSING THE MAIN GEAR TO IMPACT THE MUDDY FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT INVERTED ONTO THE CANOPY AND CAME TO REST IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF MCK AT 40 16.2 N?, 100 33.27? W. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE OUTBOARD LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING. THE AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR NOTED NO PROPELLER DAMAGE. THE PILOT BROKE OUT THE RIGHT COCKPIT WINDOW DURING EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT?S STATED AFTER RETURNING TO THE AIRCRAFT ON MAY 31, 2018, HE LOOKED AT THE TACHOMETER TIME AND REALIZED HE HAD BEEN FLYING FOR 2.6 HOURS AND RAN THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF FUEL.

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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