Piper PA-25-235 N6484Z

Summary

On 12 July 1984 at about 13:30 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N6484Z was involved in an accident near Peetz, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 July 1984 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Peetz, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

40.9605, -103.1110

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N6484Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sterling → Peetz

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84FA219

1 person died.

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

PLT HAD COMPLETED SPRAYING AROUND FARM BUILDINGS FOR INSECT CONTROL. ON FIRST PASS IN CROP AREA, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO PULL UP OVER PWR LINES AT END OF SWATH RUN BUT COLLIDED WITH OVERHEAD GROUND WIRE AT TOP OF MULTI- WIRE ARRAY. ACFT THEN COLLIDED WITH GROUND IN UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT. PLT HAD PERFORMED A GROUND SURVEY OF THE AREA PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.