- Date
- May 29, 1979
- Place
- Tonkawa, OK · TONKAWA, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8624LPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790529012019A
- Case key
- 136063
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0927 79/5/29 TONKAWA,OK PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0940 N8624L PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 31, 3450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 918 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TONKAWA,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 965 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8624L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N8624L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MKC85LA091Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrenola, KSWhile maneuvering during a swath to a field, the engine quit. The plt was operating his acft for aprx 1/2 hr prior to the loss of pwr. The plt states he visually checked the fuel level. An inspection of the acft engine revealed no mechanical failure or…NTSB MKC83LA097Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrenola, KSWhile spraying liquid fertilizer, the plt noticed that the fuel indication was dropping rapidly. He stated that he tried to return to the departure point, but was unable. When the engine lost power, he jettisoned the remainder of his load & landed in a…