- Date
- July 20, 1984, 12:02 local (17:02 UTC)
- Place
- Bonifay, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9860PPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840720034159A
- Case key
- 31156
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Flt control syst,aileron control - inoperativeCause
Flt control syst,elevator control - inoperativeCause
Remedial action - not possibleFactor
Maintenance,inspection - inadequateFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While turning after a swath run the control stick came loose and the acft impacted the ground. Inspection revealed the bolt used to secure the control stick failed due to corrosion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9860P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-7556184
- Airframe hours
- 1,402
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Jerry Cooley, doing business as Holmes County Farm Ser.,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Holmes County Farm Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1983 · 185 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 60 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.