Piper PA-25-235 N89201
27 August 1987 · MacClesfield, North Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 27 August 1987 at about 15:30 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N89201, operated by Pitt Spraying, Inc., was involved in an accident near MacClesfield, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- MacClesfield, North Carolina, United States
- Coordinates
- 35.7500, -77.6701
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-25-235
- Registration
- N89201
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Pitt Spraying, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Farmville → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL87DMG02
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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
PLT IND THAT HE WAS IN PROCEDURE TURN-AROUND FOR SPRAYING SOYBEANS. ACFT STALLED AND RECOVERY INITIATED. ACFT ENTERED SECONDARY STALL AND COLLIDED WITH TREES. EXAMINATION OF ENG AND ACFT DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 1987 | Piper PA-25 | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States | O'k Aviation Salvage | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1987 | Piper PA-25 | Jackson, Louisiana, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
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All 1,925 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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