# NTSB CHI69A0024: Piper PA-25, N6574Z, Otterbein, IN, August 25, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 25, 1968
- Place: Otterbein, IN · OTTERBEIN, IN
- Location: 40.4877° N, 87.0855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Otterbein, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4877&lon=-87.0855&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108718
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69A0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6574Z-1971-06-23), registration cancelled 1971-06-23, S/N 25-2125, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (registry code 7102502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Crop Dusting

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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