# Accident 20200923009399A: Piper PA-25, Floral City, FL, September 23, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2020, 08:10 local time
- Place: Floral City, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 344G
- Location: 28.7717° N, 82.3119° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7717&lon=-82.3119&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6106Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6106Z-2022-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 30,553 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA330) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200923009399A

## Narrative

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

AN AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY CONSOLIDATED AG PILOT SERVICES, LLC WAS PROVIDING AERIAL APPLICATION SERVICES BY SPRAYING PESTICIDES IN HAY FIELDS 2.2 MILES SOUTH OF CITRUS COUNTY AIRPORT (KINF) IN THE TOWN OF FLORAL CITY, FLORIDA. DURING ONE OF THE WEST TO EAST RUNS, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A DEAD TREE, THEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A TREE LINE ADJACENT TO THE FIELD.  THE SOLE OCCUPANT, THE PILOT, PERISHED.

## 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 ERA20LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA330), Sep 23, 2020: Piper PA25 (N6106Z), Floral City, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to see and avoid a tree while flying towards the rising sun during an aerial application flight, which resulted in a collision with the tree and a subsequent loss of airplane…

## Other reports on N6106Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20170101000659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170101000659I), Jan 1, 2017: Piper PA-25 (N6106Z), Arcadia, FL, No damage. On January 01, 2017 at approximated 15:00 local time, a Piper , PA-25 aircraft struck a secondary power line on the field near Arcadia airport, FL. This event…

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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