# NTSB ATL87DMG02: Piper PA-25-235, N89201, Macclesfield, NC, August 27, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1987, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Macclesfield, NC
- Coordinates: 35.74998, -77.67012 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7500&lon=-77.6701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 27, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7254
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87DMG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7254/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DMG02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering - aerial application
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

PLT IND THAT HE WAS IN PROCEDURE TURN-AROUND FOR SPRAYING SOYBEANS. ACFT STALLED AND RECOVERY INITIATED. ACFT ENTERED SECONDARY STALL AND COLLIDED WITH TREES. EXAMINATION OF ENG AND ACFT DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N89201 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-235
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 255383
- Airframe hours: 28560
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Pitt Spraying,Inc.
- Registered owner: Pitt Spraying Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, July 4, 1987, 50 hours before
- Departed: PRV, FARMVILLE, NC

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 4,500 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 75 in the last 30 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 7 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 73 °F

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.

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