- Date
- August 31, 1983, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lamar, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7606ZPiper PA-25-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830831045629A
- Case key
- 16015
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the ground during an aerial application maneuver. The pilot stated that he finished the second spray run and while in a turn the acft hit the ground on flat terrain. The pilot stated that he did not remember anymoreabout the flt. A fuel spill fire started after the crash. The chemical spill from the ruptured hopper extinguished the blaze.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7606Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-3703
- Airframe hours
- 5,335
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-G1A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Allen H. Thinnes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 18, 1983 · 215 hours before
- Departed
- LAA · Lamar, CO
- Airport
- LAA · Lamar
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 97 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 116 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.