Piper PA-25-235B N7313Z

Summary

On 13 November 1985 at about 21:20 local time, a Piper PA-25-235B registered N7313Z was involved in an accident near Holly, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 November 1985 at 21:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Holly, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

38.0492, -102.1196

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235B

Registration

N7313Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Holly → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN86FA022

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

ACCORDING TO THE PLT'S BROTHER, HE WAS ON A FLT TO CALIBRATE THE ACFT'S SPRAYING EQUIPMENT & TO MAKE A FEW PRACTICE CROP SPRAYING RUNS. WHILE FLYING AT APRX 30 FT AGL, THE ACFT STRUCK POWER LINES, THEN CRASHED TO THE GROUND & BURNED. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS EVIDENT. TOXICOLOGY TESTS SHOWED THE PLT HAD A BLOOD/ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.117% & A URINE/ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.274%. A TRACE OF CANNABINOID METABOLITES WAS DETECTED IN THE PLT'S URINE, BUT NONE WAS FND IN HIS BLOOD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.