ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 375258
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Date: | Wednesday 16 April 1986 |
Time: | 06:00 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-25-235 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N9592P |
MSN: | 25-7405728 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3004 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-540-B2C5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Ocala, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | Ocala, FL |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO CALIBRATE THE SPRAY EQUIPMENT. THE PLT LOADED THE HOPPER WITH ABOUT 70 GALLONS OF WATER AND INITIATED A TAKEOFF. AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL ON INITIAL CLIMB THE COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE AND THE ENG FAILED. THE ACFT STRUCK A TREE ON DESCENT AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE MAGNETO WIRES ON BOTH MAGNETOS WERE GROUNDING AND THE INSULATION ON THE WIRES WAS BURNED. THE ACFT HAD AN ANNUAL INSPECTION 5 FLIGHTS AND 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA86LA123 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MIA86LA123
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