- Date
- October 26, 1987, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Catoosa, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9787PPiper PA-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871026060799A
- Case key
- 22452
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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 pilot stalled the aircraft while turning downwind during a practice agricultural operation. The aircraft impacted the ground out of control. The pilot stated that he could not recall anything about the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9787P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25 7556099
- Airframe hours
- 1,886
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 137
- Operator
- Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sam Riggs Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1987 · 155 hours before
- Departed
- KII · Claremore, OK
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 5 in this make and model · 1,095 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.