- Date
- June 9, 1990, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Andover, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7136ZPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900609019579A
- Case key
- 17948
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper clearance during the swath run.
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 pilot was on a swath run delivering chemical to a farm field. He stated, 'I came over the hill in the field and hit a tree on the edge of it. . . As I came over the top of the hill it [the tree] blended in with another tree behind it so it was closer than I realized.' The pilot attempted to pull up to avoid the tree, and believes the airplane stalled shortly thereafter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7136Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-2594
- Airframe hours
- 3,917
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Martin L. Beving, doing business as Beving Aerial Crop Service
- Registered owner
- Beving, Martin L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1990 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Bristol, SD
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 463 total · 78 in this make and model · 463 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 69 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABR, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.