- Date
- May 30, 1974
- Place
- Hart, MI · HART, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4864YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740530017649A
- Case key
- 125860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1602 74/5/30 HART,MICH PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0804 N4864Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 23, 884 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 17 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HART SHELBY,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 17 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 900 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT LINED UP BTWN 2 ROWS OF TREES 20FT APART.L WING STRUCK TOP OF 1 TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4864Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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