Piper PA-18-150 N3574Z

Summary

On 28 June 1984 at about 15:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N3574Z was involved in an accident near Stanley, North 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.

Date

28 June 1984 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Stanley, North Dakota, United States

Coordinates

48.3103, -102.3793

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N3574Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Stanley → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84LA279

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 PLT REPORTED THAT HE WAS SPRAYING A FIELD WITH 2 POWER LINES AT THE NORTH EDGE. HE HAD BEEN MAKING PASSES UNDER THE WIRES, BUT WHERE 2 POLES WERE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, HE DECIDED TO FLY OVER THE WIRES. AFTER MAKING A PROCEDURE TURN BACK TOWARD THE FIELD, HE REDUCED THE POWER AS HE CROSSED OVER THE WIRES & DESCENDED, THEN REAPPLIED POWER. HOWEVER, HE SAID HE WAS TOO LATE & THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A 3-POINT ATTITUDE. AT THAT TIME, THE BELLY TANK SEPARATED, FOLDED UNDER THE AFT SECTION & DAMAGED 2 LONGERONS FORWARD OF THE TAIL SECTION. THE PLT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE FLYING & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ALSO, THE TIPS OF BOTH PROP BLADES WERE CHIPPED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.