- Date
- November 1, 1982, 01:13 local (07:13 UTC)
- Place
- Andrews, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7521ZPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821101056559A
- Case key
- 69781
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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.
Analysis
While on an aerial application flight the pilot landed on a gravel road. When the aircraft speed was reduced to about 25 mph the left wheel broke and the aircraft nosed over. Inspection of the aircraft revealed that the left main landing gear wheel bolts pulled out of the outer and inner separated halves.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7521Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-3561
- Airframe hours
- 3,031
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 133
- Operator
- Gleen W. Hogg
- Registered owner
- Gleen W. Hogg
- Departed
- Andrews, TX
- Destination
- Andrews, TX
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.
- Flight hours
- 1,344 total · 230 in this make and model · 174 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N7521Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.