- Date
- July 20, 1982, 18:58 local (23:58 UTC)
- Place
- Winamac, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6241ZPiper PA-25-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820720030609A
- Case key
- 73066
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Analysis
The plt was practicing aerial application maneuvers, & after making a low pass down the rwy at his private airstrip, theengine quit. The acft collided with 30-FT high power lines located at the end of the strip. A state trooper who arrived at the scene 10 to 15 min after the accident stated there was no smell of fuel. The plt's daughter stated that there had been some laborers working near the farm prior to the accident & that both the farms tractor & caterpillar had fuel siphoned out of the fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6241Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-296
- Airframe hours
- 2,837
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Charles E. Gimple
- Registered owner
- Charles E. Gimple
- Departed
- Winamac, IN
- Destination
- Winamac, IN
- Airport
- Gimple, runway 27, 2,600 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,144 total · 80 in this make and model · 1,130 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6241Z · 1
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