Piper PA-25-235 N4452Y

Summary

On 10 June 1984 at about 13:55 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N4452Y, operated by MAX Byrny, was involved in an accident near Satanta, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 June 1984 at 13:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Satanta, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

37.4309, -100.9797

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N4452Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

MAX Byrny

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84FA164

1 person was seriously 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

AFTER MAKING A SWATH RUN, THE PLT INITIATED A TURN-AROUND IN A DOWNWIND DIRECTION. DURING THE TURN, A WING DROPPED & THE ACFT ENTERED A DESCENT & STRUCK THE GROUND, NOSE 1ST. IT THEN BOUNCED & TRAVELED ANOTHER 53 FT BEFORE STOPPING & BURSTING INTO FLAMES. THE FLAMES SPREAD QUICKLY FORM A RUPTURED FUEL TANK, BUT THE STRONG WIND KEPT THE FLAMES FROM ENGULFING THE PLT COMPARTMENT. THE OPERATOR, WHO WAS ACTING AS A FLAGMAN, PULLED THE PLT FROM THE PLANE & TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. IN ADDITION TO SERIOUS IMPACT INJURIES, THE PLT WAS TREATED FOR PARATHION POISONING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.