- Date
- August 25, 1988, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Waverly, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8668LPiper PA-25-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880825035229A
- Case key
- 11346
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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 acft contacted pwr lines, crashed and burned during an aerial appliation flt. Witnesses reported that it looked as if the plt descended to fly under the lines when it suddenly pulled up and contacted them.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8668L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 255120
- Airframe hours
- 3,089
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Hummel Aviation Services, Inc., doing business as Dunlevy'S Spraying Service
- Registered owner
- Hummel Aivation Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1988 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- AKQ · Wakefield, VA
- Destination
- Waverly, VA
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,474 total · 122 in this make and model · 1,362 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.