- Date
- June 16, 1980
- Place
- Grove City, MN · GROVE CITY, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6444ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report December 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800616020129A
- Case key
- 130645
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2901 80/6/16 GROVE CITY,MN PIPER PA-25 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 946 TIME - 1915 N6444Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 287 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GROVE CITY,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 287 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS 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 TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1125 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SAMPLE FM FUEL TRUCK DEEP YELLOW IN COLOR,ODOR NOT SAME AS AVN FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6444Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6444ZRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2013 · Piper PA-25Airframe modelPiper PA-25Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N6444Z · 1
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