- Date
- May 7, 1985, 20:15 local (May 8, 1985, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ashburn, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4796YPiper PA-25-260C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850507019429A
- Case key
- 6791
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt was on a flt to clean the spray boom by flying down the center of the airstrip & dispensing a cleaning substance thru the spray boom. He made one pass down the strip, then entered a pull-up to the right. He stated that he then turned back to the left & reduced power to land in the opposite direction. However, he saw that the acft was going to overshoot the rwy, so he tightened his turn. The acft stalled while it was less than 100 ft AGL. The plt was unable to recover before the acft hit the ground. It impacted in an upright attitude & was damaged. A fire then erupted & destroyed the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4796Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-260C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-4574
- Airframe hours
- 3,812
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-G1A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Alfred J. Daigneau
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 23, 1985 · 24 hours before
- Airport
- Daigneau Ag Strip, runway 9, 4,800 × 75 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 3,370 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.