# NTSB DEN82DA133: Piper PA-25D-260, N9792P, Edgeley, ND, July 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1982, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Edgeley, ND
- Coordinates: 46.359573, -98.71035 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3596&lon=-98.7104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70549
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70549/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA133

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
  - refueling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - open field

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF AND A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN REFUELED FROM BARRELS BY THE PILOT. HIS FUEL CONTAINED WATER FROM RECENT RAIN. DURING AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, WATER WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL PUMP; FUEL SUPPLY LINE AND ONE FUEL TANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9792P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9792P-1992-06-06), registration cancelled 1992-06-06, S/N 257556106 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25D-260
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (registry code 7102508) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25756106
- Airframe hours: 2100
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-G1A5 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 137
- Operator: Lonnie D. Hartwig
- Registered owner: Lonnie D. Hartwig
- Departed: EDGELEY, ND
- Destination: DOUGLAS, WY
- Airport: Hartwig Farm Strip

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,432 total, 100 in this make and model, 1,326 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 160 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: JMS, 40 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820711027329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820711027329A), Jul 11, 1982: Piper PA25260, Edgeley, ND, Substantial damage. Engine quit after takeoff from farm strip. Crash landed. Found 80 per cent water in fuel.

## Other investigations on N9792P (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA91LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA163), Jul 13, 1991: Piper PA-25 (N9792P), Musselshell, MT, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INTENTIONAL STALL AT LOW ALTITUDE.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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