- Date
- May 31, 1981
- Place
- Lake Elmo, MN · LAKE ELMO, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6140ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810531031019A
- Case key
- 125610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1335 81/5/31 NR.LAKE ELMO,MN PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 2475 TIME - 1135 N6140Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 548 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE ELMO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE ELMO,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLEANUP SWATH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 548 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN 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 TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 935 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6140Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Elmo
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6140Z · 1
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