- Date
- June 16, 1986, 21:30 local (Jun 17, 1986, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Badger, SD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6120ZPiper PA-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860616025179A
- Case key
- 16860
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft nosed over during a forced landing after takeoff. The acft was landed straight ahead and rolled out into a standing pool of water 8-10 inches deep where it flipped over crushing the canopy and trapping the plts body. During post acc invest sediment was found in the strainer bowl and the carb fuel float chamber. The air filter was also dirty and needed to be changed. No other discrepancies were noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6120Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-140
- Airframe hours
- 3,204
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ronald Dale Boersma, doing business as Ron'S Aerial Spraying
- Registered owner
- Ronald Dale Boersma
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 9, 1986 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- Badger, SD
- Destination
- Badger, SD
- Airport
- NONE · Christensen Airstrip
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
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,125 total · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.