- Date
- June 15, 1984, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Leroy, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N59662Piper PA-36-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840615024569A
- Case key
- 12652
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees while turning during an aerial application mission. The plt said that the acft started losing altitude in the turn and despite application of full power it continued to settle until trees were hit. The plt reported that during previous flights he had problems retracting the flaps. He said that during this turn he extended the flaps. The flaps were up after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59662
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7760072
- Airframe hours
- 1,950
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Reabe Spraying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Roy R. Reabe, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 29, 1984 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- WI07 · Waupun, WI
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,578 total · 78 in this make and model · 6,356 as pilot in command · 122 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.