- Date
- June 9, 1979
- Place
- Sycamore, OH · SYCAMORE, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N288JWPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790609013039A
- Case key
- 135881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1750 79/6/9 NR.SYCAMORE,OH PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 600 TIME - 1720 N288JW PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 278 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TONG FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAREY,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 300 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS PILOT' S SEAT BELT -NOT FASTENED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 800 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- DURING SWATH RUN,PILOT LOOKED TO SEE WHERE SEED WAS FALLING.PILOT SAW TREES TOO LATE TO AVOID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N288JW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tong Farm
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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.