Piper PA-25 N5240Z

2 August 1975 · Elkmont, Alabama, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 August 1975 at about 12:45 local time, a Piper PA-25 registered N5240Z, operated by AG Air Inc, was involved in an accident during in flight near Elkmont, Alabama, 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: 2 August 1975 at 12:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Elkmont, Alabama, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-25
Registration: N5240Z
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: AG Air Inc
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1254

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

EX STUDS NR 2 CYL BACKED OUT, EX PIPE DROPPED, HOTGASES BURNED PLUG WIRES.LNDD IN BEAN FLD, LOST CTL

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 3-1254, 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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