- Date
- February 14, 1987, 16:30 local (Feb 15, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Williams, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7162ZPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870214002769A
- Case key
- 25339
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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
During an aerial application flt, the plt was paralleling a canal when the right wing became entangled in weeds and contacted the canal. The acft began a right turn when the acft slowed and the left main landing gear contacted the terrain. The acft nosed over. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7162Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 253019
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540 SERIES, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- William A. Charter, doing business as Charter Aviation
- Registered owner
- Walter C Lovell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 13,800 total · 3,700 in this make and model · 13,800 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.