Piper PA-25-150 N6090Z

Summary

On 16 February 1984 at about 16:26 local time, a Piper PA-25-150 registered N6090Z was involved in an accident near Altus, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 February 1984 at 16:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Altus, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

34.6392, -99.3095

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-150

Registration

N6090Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Altus → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84LA137

1 person died.

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 CRASHED IN A WHEAT FIELD THAT WAS BEING SPRAY, THEN WAS DESTOYED BY A POST CRASH FIRE. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, THE PLT WAS AT THE END OF A SWATH RUN WHEN HE GLANCED INTO THE COCKPIT TO VISUALLY CHECK HOW MUCH CHEMICAL WAS REMAINING IN THE HOPPER. REPORTEDLY, THIS DISTRACTION RESULTED IN THE PLT MISJUDGING HIS CLEARANCE ABOVE THE FIELD. THE PLT WAS BADLY BURNED & DIED FROM HIS INJURIES ON 3/13/84.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.