# NTSB FTW82FRG36: Piper 25-235, N7344Z, Hondo, TX, June 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1982, 18:08 local (23:08 UTC)
- Place: Hondo, TX
- Location: 29.3542° N, 99.1618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hondo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3542&lon=-99.1618&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 8, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71068
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FRG36
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71068/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG36

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - object - tree(s)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - electrical tower

## Analysis

ON THE SECOND PASS SPRAYING SODIUM CHLORIDE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TOP PORTION OF A LINE OF OAK TREES WHEN PULLING OUT OF A FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT THEN COLLIDED WITH A TV ANTENNA AND ANOTHER TREE BEFORE CONTACTING THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7344Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7344Z-1988-11-21), registration cancelled 1988-11-21, S/N 253295 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 25-235
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (registry code 7102504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25-4268
- Airframe hours: 3500
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Chas A Tookelson
- Registered owner: Chas A Tookelson
- Departed: HONDO, TX
- Destination: HONDO, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,035 total, 530 in this make and model, 1,010 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 198 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820608022059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820608022059A), Jun 8, 1982: Piper PA25235, Hondo, TX, Destroyed. Misjudged distance, struck trees on pull up from a spray run. Airplane burned after ground impact.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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