Piper PA-25-260 N82539

Summary

On 18 June 1986 at about 14:30 local time, a Piper PA-25-260 registered N82539, operated by Quality Spraying, was involved in an accident near Toston, Montana, 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

18 June 1986 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Toston, Montana, United States

Coordinates

46.1690, -111.5096

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-260

Registration

N82539

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Quality Spraying

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN86LA164

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 REPORTS THAT HE TOOK OFF FROM AN AG STRIP ABOUT A MILE FROM THE FLD BEING TREATED AND WAS MAKING A TURN-AROUND AFTER HIS SECOND SWATH RUN WHEN THE ACFT BEGAN TO SETTLE. HE DUMPED HIS CHEM BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED TO SETTLE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PLT SAID THE TURN-AROUND WAS BEING MADE BESIDE A BUTTE AND HE ENCOUNTERED 'BAD AIR.' THE DENSITY ALT AT THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE ACDT IS CALCULATED TO BE ABOUT 5,000 FT. THE PLT SAID THERE WAS NO MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT OR ENG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.