- Date
- August 18, 1986, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- White Pigeon, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6862ZPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860818040649A
- Case key
- 13307
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot took off with a full load of seed on a 1300 ft runway during shifting wind conditions. He struck a fence before he had enough airspeed to establish a climb.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6862Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-48
- Airframe hours
- 1,405
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1D, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Phil L. Balog, Inc., doing business as Balog'S Crop Dusting Inc.
- Registered owner
- Phil L. Balog
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1986 · 97 hours before
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 9, 1,300 × 6 ft, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,460 as pilot in command · 400 in the last 90 days · 120 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AZO, 27 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.
Other investigations on N6862Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.