# NTSB MKC88DCQ02: Piper PA-25-150, N6337Z, Chase, KS, May 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1988, 11:22 local (16:22 UTC)
- Place: Chase, KS
- Coordinates: 38.350914, -98.34066 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3509&lon=-98.3407&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34460
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88DCQ02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34460/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88DCQ02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering - aerial application
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application
  - terrain condition - crop

## Analysis

WITNESSES STATED THEY SAW THE ACFT SPRAYING A HAYFIELD. THEY OBSERVED THE ACFT STRIKE A POWERLINE AS IT WAS MAKING A TURN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS WING CLIPPED THE POWERLINE AND THAT THE ACFT WENT INTO A FLAT SPIN FROM WHICH HE COULDN'T RECOVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6337Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6337Z-2014-11-12), registration cancelled 2014-11-12, S/N 25-447, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-150
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (registry code 7102502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25 447
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-2CA 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Bill E. Nave, doing business as Nave Aerial Spraying
- Registered owner: Bill E Nave
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: LYO, LYONS, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,900 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880507013059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507013059A), May 7, 1988: Piper PA25, Chase, KS, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Hit wires and spun in during an agriculture spray operation. Aircraft burned . Pilot died from burns in accident.

## Other investigations on N6337Z (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW81DA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DA060), Mar 29, 1981: Piper PA-25 (N6337Z), Kilgore, TX, substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC79DER40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER40), May 25, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N6337Z), Watson, MN, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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