- Date
- April 29, 1983, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Grenola, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8624LPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830429030119A
- Case key
- 33402
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While spraying liquid fertilizer, the plt noticed that the fuel indication was dropping rapidly. He stated that he tried to return to the departure point, but was unable. When the engine lost power, he jettisoned the remainder of his load & landed in a pasture. During the landing, the acft collided with a barbed wire fence. An examination revealed that a fuel leak occurred where a fuel line rubbed against an oil cooler line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8624L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-5055
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- F.G. Liebau
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 19, 1983 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 2KC · Moline, 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,770 total · 600 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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.
Other investigations on N8624L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.