Piper PA-25-260 N8531L

Summary

On 21 May 1999 at about 12:46 local time, a Piper PA-25-260 registered N8531L was involved in an accident near Richfield, Utah, 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

21 May 1999 at 12:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Richfield, Utah, United States

Coordinates

38.7502, -112.1008

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-260

Registration

N8531L

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

DEN99LA079

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from the wires while maneuvering during an aerial application.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was performing an aerial application flight and had just performed his fourth pass spraying a field. While pulling up out of the field, the airplane caught a power line with the landing gear. He was able to fly for a short time but was unable to adequately control the aircraft, and performed a forced landing in the field. The aircraft impacted the ground, damaging the engine, propeller, and the landing gear. The pilot had two additional accidents within a year. Following his latest accident, the pilot verbally agreed to voluntarily surrender his aerial application operating certificate to, and at the request of, the FAA. As of this writing, the pilot had not yet surrendered his certificate.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.