- Date
- June 7, 1988, 07:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Limon, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8678LPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880607050129A
- Case key
- 17329
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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 he was making his third swathrun when the eng quit. He attempted a forced landing but the acft nosed over. The plt said he had 15 gal of fuel on board at takeoff and had been airborne about 15 min. The FAA a/w insp who examined the wreckage did not find any evidence of a mechanical failure. The wx was conducive to carburetor icing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8678L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25 5131
- Airframe hours
- 1,990
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Saffer Spray Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Saffer Spray Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1988 · 105 hours before
- Destination
- NONE
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
- 43
- 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
- 4,570 total · 1,580 in this make and model · 4,390 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.