Piper PA-25-260-C N4926Y

Summary

On 1 June 1985 at about 16:58 local time, a Piper PA-25-260-C registered N4926Y was involved in an accident near Ordway, Colorado, 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

1 June 1985 at 16:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Ordway, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

38.2206, -103.7504

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-260-C

Registration

N4926Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ordway → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85LA146

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 AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE AIRPORT ON AN AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATION. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT RETARDED THE PROPELLER CONTROL TO CLIMB SETTING AND TURNED EAST. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS AWARE OF AND SAW POWER LINES AHEAD. HE SAID HE ADVANCED THE PROPELLER CONTROL TO CLIMB OVER THE WIRES BUT THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SETTLE AND COLLIDED WITH THE WIRES AND CRASHED. THE PILOT SAID HE SUSPECTED HE HAD ENCOUNTERED 'SOME BAD AIR OR SOMETHING.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.