- Date
- April 17, 1987, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kipp, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8599LPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870417018689A
- Case key
- 34366
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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 engine crankshaft broke into two pieces during an ag flight and during the forced landing in a wet, soft field, the airplane nosed forward to the inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8599L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-5009
- Airframe hours
- 3,802
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Russell H. Call
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1986
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,199 total · 2,894 in this make and model · 3,034 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLN, 15 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.
Other investigations on N8599L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.