- Date
- August 5, 1987, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6400ZPiper PA-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870805043319A
- Case key
- 22184
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.
Analysis
The toe of the pilots left boot was rubbing on the dispensing hopper which restricted application of rudder and brake. This resulted in a loss of control when exiting the runway and the resultant collision with a sign. The fiberglass hopper had deep abrasions just forward and above both rudder pedals from the toes of both boots rubbing in the confined area..
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6400Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-530
- Airframe hours
- 1,698
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Emmett Ray Everitt, doing business as Everitt Aerial Spraying,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Everitt Aerial Spraying, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 29, 1986 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- Idalou, TX
- Destination
- LBB · Lubbock, TX
- Airport
- LBB · Lubbock International, runway 17R, 11,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 200 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.