- Date
- July 27, 1983, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pratt, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N76242Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830727035779A
- Case key
- 33340
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft stalled and crashed in a plowed field during an aerial application flt while dispensing wasp eggs on a corn field. The eggs were carried in plastic tubes in a styrofoam ice chest behind the seat and were transferred by the plt as needed to the dispenser on the right seat pan. A witness saw the acft at about 100 ft AGL in a nose high attitude. The acft suddenly dropped and crashed in a nose low, left wing low altitude. It slid for about 110 ft before stopping. The plt received head injuries and does not remember the accident details.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76242
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10647
- Airframe hours
- 2,872
- Engine
- Continental C85, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Glenn E. Clevenger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1983 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- PTT · Pratt, KS
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,675 total · 385 in this make and model · 9,325 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.