- Date
- August 8, 1982, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wilsonville, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7043ZPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820808053439I
- Case key
- 73064
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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 stated that he was overcome by exposure to the organic phosphate he was deploying. According to local law enforcement authorities, the aircraft crashed in a field and came to rest inverted. Medical tests for toxic chemical exposure were inconclusive.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7043Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-2807
- Airframe hours
- 4,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 91
- Operator
- C.J. Behnke
- Registered owner
- C.J. Behnke
- Departed
- CSB · Cambridge, NE
- Destination
- CSB · Cambridge, NE
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,723 total · 1,217 in this make and model · 1,419 as pilot in command · 162 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 181 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCK, 25 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.