- Date
- July 13, 1991, 09:17 local (15:17 UTC)
- Place
- Musselshell, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9792PPiper PA-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910713027379A
- Case key
- 41475
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Probable cause
The pilot's intentional stall at low altitude.
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
At the end of an aerial application flight, the pilot intentionally stalled the airplane to apply the brake to the wind driven chemical pump. When the airplane stalled, the brake was applied and at this moment, the nose of the airplane dropped to near vertical to the terrain. The pilot applied full power. However, the engine did not respond. The airplane then collided with the terrain in a nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9792P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-7556106
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Moore Quality Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Moore Quality Flying Service
- Departed
- Musselshell, MT
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
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 9,286 total · 800 in this make and model · 8,995 as pilot in command · 330 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N9792P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.