# NTSB DEN85LTG03: Piper PA-25-235, N9538P, Kramer, ND, July 10, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1985, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Kramer, ND
- Coordinates: 48.69065, -100.700248 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6906&lon=-100.7002&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16779
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LTG03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16779/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LTG03

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE SHOULDER OF A HWY WHEN THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO AVOID POWER LINES DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9538P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-235
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25-7405626
- Airframe hours: 1555
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-B2B5 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Randy Rubbert, doing business as Rubbert Aerial Inc
- Registered owner: Myron Rubbert
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 16, 1985, 85 hours before
- Departed: UPHAM, ND

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 400 total, 80 in this make and model, 330 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 90 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 20° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MOT, 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 19850710048749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850710048749A), Jul 10, 1985: Piper PA25235, Kramer, ND, Substantial damage. Turned aircraft to avoid wires during sray run turn and collided with the shoulder of a road.

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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