Piper PA-25-235 N4739Y

Summary

On 5 August 1983 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N4739Y, operated by Bliss Aerial APP., was involved in an accident near Ludell, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 August 1983 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Ludell, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

39.8493, -100.9601

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N4739Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bliss Aerial APP.

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atwood → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83LA179

1 person had minor injuries.

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

THE ACFT STALLED AND CRASHED DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVER. THE PILOT SAID THE HEAVILY LOADED ACFT STALLED DURING A TURN. THE ACCIDENT SITE ELEVATION IS ABOUT 3000 FT AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS 90 DEGREES F. THE DENSITY ALT WAS ABOUT 5500 FT. THE PILOT ALSO NOTED MODERATE TURBULENCE IN THE AREA. THE PILOT RECOMMENDATION FOR PREVENTION OF THIS TYPE ACCIDENT IS TO THINK MORE OF THE 'SAFETY OF THE TURNS' RATHER THAN THE TIME SAVED BY STEEP TURNS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.