- Date
- August 20, 1982, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fisk, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8787LPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820820040249A
- Case key
- 70681
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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 taking off from a small ag strip when his left wing went into milo growing beside the strip. Subsequently, the aircraft spun around and flipped over. This was the pilot's tenth takeoff on that day. He reported that the wind was from the southwest at 14 gusting 15 KTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8787L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-5473
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Douglas Decker
- Registered owner
- Douglas Decker
- Departed
- Fisk, MO
- Destination
- Fisk, MO
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 3,250 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8787L · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.