- Date
- August 13, 1986, 20:35 local (Aug 14, 1986, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Melrose, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4454YPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860813040039A
- Case key
- 6984
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Low pass - performedCause
Object - utility poleFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft collided with a traffic sign during an aerial application flt. The plt had made a low pass prior to the collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4454Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-4102
- Airframe hours
- 7,204
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Charles W.Hiltner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1985
- Departed
- QH19 · North Creek, OH
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,528 total · 10,029 in this make and model · 10,500 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.