- Date
- November 4, 1988, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lamesa, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N75217Piper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22707
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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 was spraying a field of cotton, and was in a turnaround when the airplane descended to the ground. The autopsy indicated the pilot died of acute coronary thrombosis. Although tox results indicate the presence of alcohol in the pilot's blood, the sample was putrified. No alcohol was found in the urine. Because the blood sample was putrified, the relationship of alcohol to the accident cause could not be established.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75217
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-3561
- Airframe hours
- 4,304
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Glenn W. Hogg, doing business as Hogg Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Glenn W. Hogg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 2F5 · Lamesa, 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 600 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F