- Date
- July 20, 1976
- Place
- Cerro Gordo, IL · CERRO GORDO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9811PPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760720020819A
- Case key
- 155173
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2899 76/7/20 CERRO GORDO,IL PIPER PA-25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1107 TIME - 1730 N9811P PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CERRO GORDO,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 554 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 660 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO BEGIN A PROCEDURE TURN THEN DESCENDING AT A STEEP ANGLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9811P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.