- Date
- April 28, 1987, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Valley City, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6749ZPiper PA-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870428013709A
- Case key
- 17215
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The commercial pilot was trying out an acft with the stated intention of leasing it. A takeoff was planned from a stretch of gravel road. During the takeoff ground run, the acft became airborne then touched down in a field, bounced across an intersecting road and came to rest in another field. The acft was loaded with water in the hoppers, therefore, no hazmat spill occurred during the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6749Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 252368
- Airframe hours
- 3,339
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert S. Otterson, doing business as Bob'S Spraying Service
- Registered owner
- Wakefield, Tom
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 1986 · 30 hours before
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,480 total · 1 in this make and model · 1,741 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
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 N6749Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.