- Date
- June 4, 1973
- Place
- Portage, WI · PORTAGE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7796ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730604015999A
- Case key
- 173534
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1667 73/6/4 PORTAGE,WIS PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 2428 TIME - 0800 N7796Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1700 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COWGILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTAGE,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1500 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 940 REMARKS- SHORT FLD TKOF,ACFT FLEW OUT OF GND EFFECT THEN SETTLED INTO 2ND ROW OF TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7796Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cowgill
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7796Z · 1
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