Piper PA-25-235 N7263Z

Summary

On 2 August 2007 at about 16:00 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N7263Z was involved in an accident near Overly, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 August 2007 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Overly, North Dakota, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N7263Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Overly → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI07LA254

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance during the agricultural application flight. Contributing to the accident was the wheat crop.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged when it descended into a wheat field during an agricultural spray operation. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. He said that he was in a left turn executing a "clean-up" pass when the left spray boom contacted the crop resulting in the aiplane descending into the terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.