# NTSB DEN85LTG04: Piper PA-25, N6083Z, Antler, ND, July 24, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 24, 1985, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Antler, ND
- Coordinates: 48.970756, -101.279327 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9708&lon=-101.2793&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): 16780
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LTG04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16780/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LTG04

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - object - tree(s)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - pull-up - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE LEFT WING OF THE ACFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT CONTACTED TREES DURING A PULL-UP AT THE END OF A SWATH RUN. THE PLT THEN FLEW THE ACFT TO A FLD APRX 1 MILE AWAY AND A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6083Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25-95
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Glenn Holen
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: BANTRY, ND

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,400 total, 118 in this make and model, 2,000 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 1 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point -0 °F

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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