- Date
- September 4, 1987, 10:22 local (16:22 UTC)
- Place
- Center, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6796ZPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870904050229A
- Case key
- 17067
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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 plt reported that the eng lost power while the acft was en route to spray a field. There was no suitable terrain for a forced landing and the plt landed the aircraft in a soft, cultivated field and nosed over. Examination of the eng revealed burned and stuck intake and exhaust valves.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6796Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-2441
- Airframe hours
- 1,106
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Leach Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1987 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- 1V8 · Center, CO
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 17,000 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 16,050 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.