- Date
- July 9, 1992, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Scott City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9635PPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920709024639A
- Case key
- 15229
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot in command to maintain sufficent airspeed for flight resulting in an inadvertent stall.
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 pilot of the accident airplane stated he was performing a post maintenance test flight. After he became airborne he pulled up to execute a 'sprayer's turn.' The pilot told an FAA inspector the airplane shuddered approximately one-half through the turn. The pilot remembered applying hard right rudder, aileron and full aft elevator before impacting the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9635P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 257656019
- Airframe hours
- 1,925
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald Keith Burgess
- Registered owner
- Ronald Keith Burgess
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1992 · 150 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.