Cessna 140 N76242

Summary

On 27 July 1983 at about 17:45 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N76242 was involved in an accident near Pratt, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 July 1983 at 17:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Pratt, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

37.6409, -98.7308

Aircraft

Cessna 140

Registration

N76242

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pratt → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83FA165

1 person was seriously injured.

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 AND CRASHED IN A PLOWED FIELD DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLT WHILE DISPENSING WASP EGGS ON A CORN FIELD. THE EGGS WERE CARRIED IN PLASTIC TUBES IN A STYROFOAM ICE CHEST BEHIND THE SEAT AND WERE TRANSFERRED BY THE PLT AS NEEDED TO THE DISPENSER ON THE RIGHT SEAT PAN. A WITNESS SAW THE ACFT AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE ACFT SUDDENLY DROPPED AND CRASHED IN A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING LOW ALTITUDE. IT SLID FOR ABOUT 110 FT BEFORE STOPPING. THE PLT RECEIVED HEAD INJURIES AND DOES NOT REMEMBER THE ACCIDENT DETAILS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.