- Date
- June 29, 1984, 07:10 local (12:10 UTC)
- Place
- Atwood, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6797ZPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840629028429A
- Case key
- 33723
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a swath run, the eng began losing power. The plt pulled up & looked for a place to land, then dumped his chemical load. Eng RPM continued decreasing so he elected to land in a field that was being summer fallowed. During the landing, the acft nosed over. An exam of the eng revealed that the #4 exhaust valve had become frozen shut & the push rod had bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6797Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-2444
- Airframe hours
- 4,484
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Anthony C. Schmid
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 10, 1984 · 141 hours before
- Departed
- ADT · Atwood, 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,298 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,153 as pilot in command · 148 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLD, 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.