Plane Crash List

Piper PA-25-235 N7236Z

15 September 1984 · Canton, South Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 September 1984 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N7236Z was involved in an accident near Canton, South Dakota, 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
at 19:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Canton, South Dakota, United States
Coordinates
43.2992, -96.5810
Aircraft
Piper PA-25-235
Registration
N7236Z
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 137: Agricultural
Purpose of flight
Aerial Application
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Canton → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN84LA280

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

DURING A DESCENDING APCH TO AN UNFAMILIAR CORNFIELD FOR A SWATH RUN, THE PLT STATED HE HAD 'A FLASHING VISION OF WIRES.' THE PLT PUSHED THE CONTROL STICK FORWARD TO AVOID HITTING THE WIRES AT WHICH TIME THE ACFT CONTACTED A CORN CROP IN A SLIGHT NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE ACFT THEN TURNED 90 DEG TO THE RIGHT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE ACFT STOPPED INADVERTENTLY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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