- Date
- June 26, 1986, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pullman, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6490ZPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860626072179A
- Case key
- 40429
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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
After takeoff during a 180 degree turn the aircraft developed a rapid rate of sink which the pilot was unable to arrest. While attempting to dump 140 pounds of water, the aircraft struck power lines and then struck the ground inverted. The aircraft was then destroyed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6490Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-2010
- Airframe hours
- 8,685
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Brock Hill, doing business as Dennis Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 13, 1986
- Departed
- Pullman, WA
- Airport
- Staley Airstrip, runway 26, 2,800 × ft, asphalt
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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,587 total · 796 in this make and model · 1,570 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.