Piper PA-25-235 N7029Z

Summary

On 29 May 1986 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N7029Z, operated by Hermes Service Inc, was involved in an accident near Lenox, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 May 1986 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lenox, Iowa, United States

Nearest airport

Lenox (OY9)

Coordinates

40.8807, -94.5499

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N7029Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hermes Service Inc

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lenox → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC86FCD01

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 COLLIDED WITH A FENCE DURING A TAKEOFF WITH A FULL LOAD OF CHEMICAL PESTICIDE. COLLISION WITH THE GROUND RESULTED IN A FIRE. THE PLT, WHO WAS SERIOUSLY BURNED AND LATER DIED, STATED ON HIS WAY TO THE HOSPITAL THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO DUMP THE ACFT LOAD BUT GRABBED THE FLAP HANDLE BY MISTAKE WHICH EXTENDED FULL FLAPS. THIS WAS THE PLTS THIRD AG OPERATION ACCIDENT, ONE PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AND CRASH OFF THE END OF A RWY. THE RWY IN USE ON THE DAY OF THIS ACCIDENT WAS GRASS APRX ONE TO TWO FT DEEP OVER ALL BUT A 300 FT SECTION OF MOWED AREA IN MID FIELD THAT WAS USED BY LOCAL FLYERS OF RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL ACFT. THE DENSITY ALT WAS COMPUTED TO BE 2200 FT AND THERE WAS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE AREA NORTH OF THE ARPT AND ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE RWY. THE PLTS FLT TIME WAS NOT REPORTED AND HIS LOG BOOKS WERE NOT LOCATED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.