Piper PA-25 N6792Z

26 May 1972 · Laharpe, Kansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 May 1972 at about 18:30 local time, a Piper PA-25 registered N6792Z, operated by Esslinger Spra, was involved in an accident during in flight near Laharpe, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 May 1972 at 18:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Laharpe, Kansas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-25
Registration: N6792Z
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Esslinger Spra
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Iola, Kans → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1893

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

GR HIT TERRACE. NR 3 EXHAUST VALVE FAILED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1893, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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