Piper PA-25-235 N9748P

Summary

On 24 August 1985 at about 00:45 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N9748P was involved in an accident near Yankton, South Dakota, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 August 1985 at 00:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Yankton, South Dakota, United States

Coordinates

42.8797, -97.3898

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N9748P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85LTK02

1 person had minor injuries.

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 DESCENDED UNCONTROLLED INTO THE TERRAIN AFTER IT CONTACTED A POWER LINE DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLT. WITNESSES REPORTED THE ACFT APPEARED TO PULL UP AT THE WEST END OF THE 40 ACRE FLD, HOWEVER, IT DID NOT CLEAR THE LINES AND IT NOSED OVER INTO ANOTHER FLD. THE INSECTICIDE BEING SPRAYED WAS ETHYO/PARATHION. THE PLT WAS COVERED WITH THE CHEMICAL DURING THE ACCIDENT BUT WAS HOSED OFF WITHIN 5 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.