- Date
- July 6, 1986, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Richland, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9824PPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860706034879A
- Case key
- 13328
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - contaminationFactor
Fluid,fuel - waterFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - improperCause
Maintenance,service of aircraft/equipment - improperCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The aircraft performed a forced landing which resulted in substantial damage. Water was found in the fuel system. Water was also found in the underground fuel supply used to refuel the crop duster.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9824P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-7556142
- Airframe hours
- 1,749
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- David A. Routh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- New Richland, MN
N9824PRegistered now · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,559 total · 1,382 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RST, 35 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.