Piper PA-25-235 N7620Z
5 August 1983 · Bentley, Kansas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 5 August 1983 at about 11:20 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N7620Z was involved in an accident near Bentley, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Bentley, Kansas, United States
- Coordinates
- 37.8895, -97.5099
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-25-235
- Registration
- N7620Z
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Haven → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MKC83FA177
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
THE ACFT STALLED, CRASHED, NOSED OVER AND BURNED DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVER. THE OWNER OF THE ACFT WAS SPRAYING THE SAME FIELD IN ANOTHER ACFT AND SAW THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED, THE ACFT PULLED UP AT THE COMPLETION OF A RUN, WAS IN A TURN AROUND WHEN THE NOSE PITCHED UP AND THE ACFT STALL-MUSHED TO THE GROUND. THE CHEMICAL LOAD WHICH WEIGHED 700-800 LBS WAS NOT DUMPED PRIOR TO IMPACT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun 1983 | Piper PA-25 | Roseau, Minnesota, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 30 Jul 1983 | Piper PA-25 | Fowler, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Aug 1983 | Piper PA-25-260 | Whittemore, Iowa, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1983 | Piper PA-25 | Morgan, Minnesota, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 4 May 1983 | Piper PA-25-235 | Healdsburg, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Oct 1983 | Piper PA-25 | West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,925 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 9 Apr 1983 | Cessna 172 I | Paola, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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