Piper PA-25 N8561L
2 August 1980 · Dumas, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 2 August 1980 at about 09:00 local time, a Piper PA-25 registered N8561L, operated by DAN Hatter, was involved in an accident during in flight near Dumas, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Dumas, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Dumas
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-25
- Registration
- N8561L
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- DAN Hatter
- Operating rule
- Aerial Applicator
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3345
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
L WING SPAR FAILED WHERE LWR FLANGE WAS MISDRILLED.MDFYD W METAL WING IAW STC-SA501SW & REV NO 4.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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