- Date
- August 11, 1982, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Des Arc, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4952YPiper PA-25-260C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820811036669A
- Case key
- 70462
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
Analysis
After pulling up from a swath run, the aircraft began to settle, then collided with the ground. This occurred after the pilot had dispensed all or nearly all of his load.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4952Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-260C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-4751
- Airframe hours
- 4,106
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-G1A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Mcconnoughhay Agricutural Serv
- Registered owner
- Mcconnoughhay Agricutural Serv
- Departed
- Des Arc, AR
- Destination
- Des Arc, AR
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,286 total · 115 in this make and model · 1,286 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.