# Accident 20250619006009A: Piper PA-36-375, Huron, SD, June 19, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2025, 09:40 local time
- Place: Huron, SD
- Airport: Huron Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: DKAG
- Location: 44.3362° N, 98.3209° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3362&lon=-98.3209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6174A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6174A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-375 (registry code 7103620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-375) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-36-375
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 580 total, 8 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250619006009A

## Narrative

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

STATEMENT FROM PILOT - I WENT OUT TO PRACTICE SPRAYING A FIELD WITH WATER IN NXXXXX.  I DID TWO LAPS AROUND THE FIELD, THEN CAME AROUND TO PURGE THE BOOMS ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  I PUSHED THE SPRAY LEVER FORWARD WHEN MY KNUCKLES HIT THE DUMP LEVER AND THE GATE POPPED OPEN.  I SHUT THE GATE, RESUMED PURGING THE BOOMS AND CAME UP OUT OF THE FIELD STALLING THE AIRPLANE.  AT THE TIME, I DIDN’T RECOGNIZE IT AS A STALL AND THOUGHT THE GATE HAD COME OPEN AGAIN AND IT WAS MAKING THE AIRPLANE PORPOISE.  I TRIED PULLING THE DUMP LEVER TO GET IT TO STOP AND THEN ADDED FULL POWER.  I CONTINUED TO SINK AND FIGHT THE STALL.  I WAS GETTING EXTREMELY LOW AND DECIDED MY ONLY OPTION WAS GETTING THE AIRPLANE ON THE GROUND.  I IMPACTED THE GROUND VERY HARD TEARING THE LANDING GEAR OFF ALOONG WITH VARIOUS OTHER PARTS.  I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE STRAIGHT UNTIL IT CAUGHT SOMETHING ON THE GROUND AND WHIPPED THE AIRPLANE AROUND 180 DEGREES WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP.

## 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 CEN25LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA218), Jun 19, 2025: Piper PA-36-375 (N6174A), Huron, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a low-level aerial application, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of airplane control at too low of an altitude…

## Other reports on N6174A (1)

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

- [Incident 19890830049799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890830049799I), Aug 30, 1989: Piper PA36375 (N6174A), Crosbyton, TX, Minor damage. Left brake failed on landing rollout. Ground looped brake seemed spongy before takeoff but then cleared up.

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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