- Date
- May 23, 1970
- Place
- Saint Anne, IL · SAINT ANNE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7245ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2243 70/5/23 SAINT ANNE,ILL PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1851 N7245Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 27, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DE YOUNG FARMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANKAKEE,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 600 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT TELFON WIRES,PWR LINES,TREE,TV ANTENNA MAST S OF RWY.SPRAYED APRX 447ACRES DAY OF ACDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7245Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- De Young Farms
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