- Date
- July 20, 1987, 09:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Portales, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6419ZPiper PA-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870720035539A
- Case key
- 17276
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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 was practicing aerial application maneuvers without chemicals onboard. During a turn, the plt reported that the engine lost power. The plt leveled the wings and lowered the nose to gain airspeed. The plt selected a landing site and after touchdown, the left main gear hit a small ridge and collapsed. A post accident engine teardown by the owner did not reveal any preimpact malfunctions/failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6419Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25565
- Airframe hours
- 1,070
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Marcie C. Dilley, doing business as Valley Ag Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- David A Dilley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1987
- Departed
- Q34
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 330 total · 49 in this make and model · 188 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 25 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.