Piper PA-25-235 N4652Y

Summary

On 12 July 1999 at about 15:00 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N4652Y was involved in an accident near Fargo, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 July 1999 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Hector (PVT)

Coordinates

46.8698, -96.8092

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N4652Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI99LA230

Nobody was injured.

the altitude/clearance not maintained by the pilot.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

In a written statement, the pilot reported the following. 'I took off from my grass strip at 1050 am with 50 gallons of water containing dye. The purpose of the flight was to spray the dye while flying over the center of a string to determine the swath width and uniformity. I started my swath run about 10 ft off the ground, 1/2 mile north of the string, which was located east and west on the west end of the runway. I was about 300 ft from the string when I spotted the orange cone markers indicating a flight path over the center of the string. Attempting to line up with these cones I lowered a wing into the grain which dragged the aircraft sideways, and upon hitting the ground in this attitude the gear was torn off.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.