- Date
- September 15, 1988, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lund, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9764Piper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880915064569A
- Case key
- 17541
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private plt was spraying crops during an aerial application flight. During a right turn at the end of a spray run, he said he diverted his attention into the cockpit to check the metering rate, and may have inadvertently pushed the control stick forward. When he looked out again, he saw that the low right wing was about to hit trees. He said he tried to level the aircraft but the right wing struck the trees and the acft cartwheeled into a dirt road.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9764
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-3821
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Skyhawks, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,167 total · 260 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.