Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary MKC83FA177

BENTLEY, KS, USA

Aircraft #1

N7620Z

PIPER PA-25-235

Analysis

THE ACFT STALLED, CRASHED, NOSED OVER AND BURNED DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVER. THE OWNER OF THE ACFT WAS SPRAYING THE SAME FIELD IN ANOTHER ACFT AND SAW THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED, THE ACFT PULLED UP AT THE COMPLETION OF A RUN, WAS IN A TURN AROUND WHEN THE NOSE PITCHED UP AND THE ACFT STALL-MUSHED TO THE GROUND. THE CHEMICAL LOAD WHICH WEIGHED 700-800 LBS WAS NOT DUMPED PRIOR TO IMPACT.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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