- Date
- August 23, 1972
- Place
- Browns, IL · BROWNS, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8807LPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167831
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3126 72/8/23 BROWNS,ILL PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N8807L PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 51, 11825 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLOVER FIELD STRIP LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 8500 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 424 REMARKS- CRASH LNDD IN CORN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8807L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8807LRegistration cancelled Feb 16, 2005 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8807L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA98LA211Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPanama City Bch, FLThe pilot's inadequate inflight planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power.NTSB CHI88DEE06Accident · No injuriesFinal reportChebanse, ILThe acft had been refueled with pilot's stated quantity of 20 gals of fuel. After completing his spray operation and returning to base he stated 'ran out of gas'. Acft had been airborne 1 + 15 plus taxi and engine runup.