- Date
- August 12, 1990, 19:00 local (Aug 13, 1990, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Parshall, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7316ZPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14510
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Probable cause
Improper use of powerplant controls.
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
Aerial applicator was returning to base after completing a spraying job when he saw a previously sprayed field which he thought could stant one more swath run. On completion of swath run pilot inadvertently secured the engine mixture instead of the spray tank system. The pilot made a hard landing in an adjacent wheat field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7316Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-3262
- Airframe hours
- 5,552
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Kuehn'S Aerial Spraying, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jon E Kuehn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 7, 1990 · 102 hours before
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 100 in this make and model · 1,050 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25,000,000 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F