- Date
- June 1, 1985, 10:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place
- Ordway, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4926YPiper PA-25-260-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850601021959A
- Case key
- 16687
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane departed the airport on an aerial application operation. Immediately after takeoff the pilot retarded the propeller control to climb setting and turned east. The pilot said he was aware of and saw power lines ahead. He said he advanced the propeller control to climb over the wires but the airplane began to settle and collided with the wires and crashed. The pilot said he suspected he had encountered 'some bad air or something.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4926Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-260-C (PA-25-260-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-4724
- Airframe hours
- 3,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-G1A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Bobby L. Denton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 6, 1985 · 235 hours before
- Departed
- 25V · Ordway, CO
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
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,530 total · 4,500 in this make and model · 6,530 as pilot in command · 315 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LHX, 17 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.
Other investigations on N4926Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.