Piper PA-25 N9844P

Summary

On 11 June 1996 at about 10:35 local time, a Piper PA-25 registered N9844P was involved in an accident near Cleveland, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 June 1996 at 10:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Cleveland, North Dakota, United States

Coordinates

46.8909, -99.1194

Aircraft

Piper PA-25

Registration

N9844P

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

CHI96LA194

Nobody was injured.

failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient altitude or clearance from trees during an aerial application operation. The wires and trees (obstructions) were related factors.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot reported that he was trying to spray a very small area of a field, which had wires on one end and trees on the other end. He reported that after descending down to the field, the airplane 'mushed,' and he was unable to climb the airplane quick enough to clear the top of the trees. The pilot did not report any malfunction of the aircraft.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.