Piper PA-36-300 N59662

Summary

On 15 June 1984 at about 13:00 local time, a Piper PA-36-300 registered N59662, operated by Reabe Spraying Service, Inc., was involved in an accident near Leroy, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 June 1984 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Leroy, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

44.1290, -91.5293

Aircraft

Piper PA-36-300

Registration

N59662

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Reabe Spraying Service, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waupun → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84LA238

Nobody was injured.

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 COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE TURNING DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION MISSION. THE PLT SAID THAT THE ACFT STARTED LOSING ALTITUDE IN THE TURN AND DESPITE APPLICATION OF FULL POWER IT CONTINUED TO SETTLE UNTIL TREES WERE HIT. THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING PREVIOUS FLIGHTS HE HAD PROBLEMS RETRACTING THE FLAPS. HE SAID THAT DURING THIS TURN HE EXTENDED THE FLAPS. THE FLAPS WERE UP AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.