- Date
- July 31, 1983, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Camp Point, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4332YPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830731036579A
- Case key
- 12285
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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 plt had just completed a swath run. As he approached a road he pulled up to avoid a car, then attempted to descend below power lines & in so doing collided with a stop sign. The acft cartwheeled & landed inverted in a bean field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4332Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-4822
- Airframe hours
- 4,725
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Gary D. Robbins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 4, 1983 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- La Prairie, IL
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,095 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °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.