Piper PA-25-235C N8624L

Summary

On 28 April 1985 at about 14:00 local time, a Piper PA-25-235C registered N8624L was involved in an accident near Grenola, Kansas, 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

28 April 1985 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Grenola, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

37.3507, -96.4406

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235C

Registration

N8624L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Moline → Grenola

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85LA091

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

WHILE MANEUVERING DURING A SWATH TO A FIELD, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PLT WAS OPERATING HIS ACFT FOR APRX 1/2 HR PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF PWR. THE PLT STATES HE VISUALLY CHECKED THE FUEL LEVEL. AN INSPECTION OF THE ACFT ENGINE REVEALED NO MECHANICAL FAILURE OR PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION. THE PLT STATED HE COULD NO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLT AND NOSED THE ACFT OVER TO AVOID STALLING. THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND WAS DESTROYED BY POST IMPACT FIRE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.