- Date
- August 25, 1968
- Place
- Otterbein, IN · OTTERBEIN, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6574ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108718
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4808 68/8/25 OTTERBEIN,IND PIPER PA-25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 2500 TIME - 0955 N6574Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 475 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CROP DUSTING TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1400 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK POWER LINES ON APPCH TO LDG STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6574Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Crop Dusting
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