Piper PA-25 N6197Z

17 May 1973 · Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 May 1973 at about 15:30 local time, a Piper PA-25 registered N6197Z, operated by KEN Richard KR, was involved in an accident during in flight near Tonkawa, Oklahoma, 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.

The record

Date: 17 May 1973 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-25
Registration: N6197Z
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: KEN Richard KR
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1371

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 FLEW ACFT LESS THAN 3FT ABOVE GRND LFT WNG CAUGHT WHEAT IN FLD ADJACNT TO ALFALFA FLD SPRAYED

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1371, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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