- Date
- May 3, 1982, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7350ZPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820503013499A
- Case key
- 71509
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Prior to the flight, the aircraft had been serviced in preparation for the beginning of the spraying season. As part of the servicing, the operator/pilot added hydraulic fluid to the left brake. However, he did not purge the system of air after adding the fluid. While landing after a short test flight, the aircraft veered right, went into a soft field, and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7350Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-3302
- Airframe hours
- 4,461
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-G1A5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Charles B. Gregg
- Registered owner
- Charles B. Gregg
- Departed
- Lubbock, TX
- Destination
- Lubbock, TX
- Airport
- Private, runway 27, 2,600 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,975 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 2,909 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
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 N7350Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.